Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, cilt.38, sa.3, ss.745-759, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)
Tongue machine interface (TMI) is a tongue-operated assistive technology enabling people with severe disabilities to control their environments using their tongue motion. In many disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or stroke, people can communicate with the external world in a limited degree. However, they may be disabled, while their mind is still intact. Various tongue-machine interface techniques has been developed to support these people by providing additional communication pathway. In this study, we aimed to develop a tongue-machine interface approach by investigating pattern of glossokinetic potential (GKP) signals using neural networks via simple right/left tongue touchings to the buccal walls for 1-D control and communication, named as GKP-based TMI. As can be known in the literature, the tongue is connected to the brain via hypoglossal cranial nerve. Therefore, it generally escapes from the severe damages, in spinal cord injuries and was slowly affected than limbs of persons suffering from many neuromuscular degenerative disorders.