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In particular, research on articulation therapy for communication disorders is being actively conducted. The existing methods for the diagnosis and treatment of speech disorders, such as traditional tactile perception tests and methods based on the empirical judgment of speech therapists, have many limitations. Moreover, the position and contact force of the tongue are key factors in speech disorders with regards to articulation. This is a very important factor in the distinction of Korean characters such as lax, tense and aspirated consonants. In this study, we proposed a Korean-electropalatography (EPG) system to easily measure and monitor the position and contact force of the tongue during articulation treatment and diagnosis. In our proposed K-EPG system, a sensor was fabricated using an AgCl electrode and biocompatible silicon. Furthermore, the measured signal was analyzed by implementing a bio-signal processing module and monitoring program. In particular, the bio-signal was measured by inserting the device into the palate of an experimental healthy test group (four subjects). Through these experiments, we confirmed that our K-EPG system could be applied to clinical treatment in speech therapy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s21113802","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,31]],"date-time":"2021-05-31T05:53:38Z","timestamp":1622440418000},"page":"3802","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Design and Evaluation of Korean Electropalatography (K-EPG)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Seong-Tak","family":"Woo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronic Engineering, Dong Seoul University, 76 Bokjeong-ro, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si 13117, Korea"}]},{"given":"Ji-Wan","family":"Ha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Speech Pathology, Daegu University, 201, Daegudae-ro, Gyeongsan-si 38453, Korea"}]},{"given":"Sungdae","family":"Na","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kyungpook National Universicy Hospital, 130 Dongdeok-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu-si 41944, Korea"}]},{"given":"Hyunjoo","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Communication Disorders, Korean Nazarene University, Wolbong-ro 48, Cheonan-si 31172, Korea"}]},{"given":"Sung-Bom","family":"Pyun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Korea University College of Medicine, 73 Goryeodae-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Korea"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1227","DOI":"10.1044\/1092-4388(2010\/09-0130)","article-title":"A treatment for dysprosody in childhood apraxia of speech","volume":"53","author":"Ballard","year":"2010","journal-title":"J. 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