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Electropalatography

EPG palateElectropalatography pseudo-palate

96 electrodes on the pseudo-palate surface detect tongue contact.

Pseudo-palate in place in the subject’s mouth
EPG response for one time frame

Electrodes showing tongue-palatal contact are red, and electrodes without contact are shown in blue.

EPG series for a subject during speech

The subject here is saying “My pal Al saw...”.

EPG movie

“My pal Al saw the S.S. Pinafore”

With due respect to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, the S.S. designation was used for purely phonetic reasons.

The VTV Lab is part of the Dental School of the University of Maryland Baltimore.
Please send comments and suggestions regarding this site to Dr. Maureen Stone, Director of the Lab.