Pohang University of Science and Technology Foundation

Industrial Cooperation Foundation Chonbuk National University

Samsung Life Welfare Foundation

Chonbuk National University Hospital

Heecheon You

Duk Lyul Na

Youngho Lee

Han Soo Lee

Jin Kook Lee

Yun Ju Jo

Jong-Kwan Park

Gradiyan Budi Pratama

Baekhee Lee

Myoung-Hwan Ko

Kihyo Jung

Min-Jung Yu

Giltae Yang

Hyun Gi Kim

Younggeun Choi

Ki Wook Kim

Saewon Hong

A smart nasometer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a hardware unit worn on a head of a user for measuring nasal and oral sounds and providing feedback for the user; and a computational unit for receiving and processing speech signals of the nasal and oral sounds measured by the hardware unit, wherein the hardware unit includes: a microphone unit for separately measuring the nasal and oral sounds in a non-touched state of the user's philtrum, wherein the computational unit includes: a nasalance adjustment unit for adjusting a nasalance of the nasal and oral sounds measured by the microphone unit.

Smart nasometer

According to one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for measuring and treating dysphagia may comprise: one or more dysphagia measuring sensor units attached to the neck of a patient; one or more electrical stimulation electrode units attached to the neck of the patient to provide electrical stimulation to the neck of the patient in accordance with the dysphagia signal sensed by the dysphagia measuring sensor units so as to resolve the dysphagia; and a control unit which controls the dysphagia measuring sensor units and the electrical stimulation electrode units. Accordingly, the apparatus for measuring and treating dysphagia according to the one embodiment of the present invention has the dysphagia measuring sensor units, and the electrical stimulation electrode units which provide electrical stimulation to the neck of the patient in accordance with the dysphagia signal sensed by the dysphagia measuring sensor units so as to resolve the dysphagia, thus simultaneously enabling convenient measurement of the dysphagia and treatment of the dysphagia using the electrical stimulation electrode units.

Apparatus for measuring and treating dysphagia

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