Posted 11.18.2009 at 1:15 pm
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This is what goes on behind the scenes whenever you open your mouth to speak.
The image was captured at 50 frames per second over 20 seconds with a rapid-fire X-ray camera. It's part of speech researcher Christine Ericsdotter's work to precisely capture and build a computer model of the intricate movements of the tongue, lips, pharynx and jaw during speech.
If you're curious, the word being said here is "pion," Swedish for "peony."
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It is interesting to see how relatively inanimate the skull and jaw really are in speech. All of our flesh seems to flow around the skull like water.
--GTO--
p.s. the tongue is a devil serpent waiting to attack
--GTO--
She has a over bite! Maybe she sould think about correcting that. lol
But this is really cool video.
I know this is random, but is the person saying "butterfly"?
Not sure if I want a 1000 X-ray images taken of my skull over a 20 sec. period. Isnt that dangerous??
--GTO--
@GTO thanks for some of my favorite comments on PopSci to date. The rest of you--take note!
@John Mahoney guess what NO!
Why yes... it is mesmerizing... @_@
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from coral gables, fl
Old news. You can get better videos anywhere - and the real interesting ones show the action of the vocal folds vibrating, which you need a strobe light to record.
@John Mahoney thanks for some of the least interesting articles on PopSci to date. The rest of you writers - take note! lol
My son-in-law Armando Ambid Lorenzo, M.D. who is a diplomate in Ear, Nose, Throat Head and Neck Surgery will be very interested in these developments.
"50 frames per second over 20 seconds" means 1000 X-ray shots in 20 seconds.
I will not take this doze of X-ray radiation exposure myself. :-(
strictbiz;
Read ALL the text. "pion" Swedish for "peony".
Of course, Swedes talk funny, so it's hard to tell. ;p