Publications by authors named "Hiroaki Nagatsuka"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the effectiveness of a new soft palatal augmentation prosthesis (PAP) in improving communication (dysarthria) and swallowing (dysphagia) issues in patients with neurological conditions or post-tongue cancer surgery.
- Researchers will conduct a randomized controlled trial comparing rehabilitation with and without the soft PAP, measuring outcomes like speech intelligibility and swallowing efficiency.
- The findings will contribute to the understanding of pap's role in rehabilitation and will be shared in a peer-reviewed journal and at conferences.
Purpose: To design an efficient tongue prosthesis with reproducibility and to objectively evaluate improvement in speech function.
Methods: A silicon anatomical artificial tongue (AT) and a flat surface artificial tongue system (FTS) were used in our study. Twenty healthy participants (10 males and 10 females, 26.
Background: Masticatory movement occurs complicatedly and bilaterally. Although the tongue plays an important role in mastication, bilateral tongue function during mastication has not been clarified yet.
Objective: To investigate the effect of food properties on posterior tongue activity and coordination of muscles bilaterally by electromyography (EMG).