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Swallowing is one of the essential functions for drinking and eating. In this study, we are trying to make human swallowing model and to estimate human swallowing of food and drink from swallowing sounds. As a first step, we measured human swallowing sounds of four samples at both sides of laryngeal prominence with body-sound sensors consisting of stethoscopes, small microphones, amplifiers, an A/D converter and a PC. Then, we compared the swallowing sounds and confirmed that difference of swallowing caused by samples was measureable by the body-sound sensor.
