2025 | Student

MUSE Design Awards Silver Winner

TongueFlex Pro

Entrant Company

National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU)

Category

Conceptual Design - Wellness

Client's Name

Country / Region

Taiwan

TongueFlex Pro is a training tool designed to alleviate swallowing difficulties by strengthening the tongue muscles. It integrates with an adventure-filled AR mobile game to encourage seniors to train regularly and enhance their tongue muscle strength.

The device offers two training modes. The first mode focuses on intrinsic muscle training through tongue movements, which helps to strengthen tongue muscles involved in the swallowing process. This mode targets the superior longitudinal, inferior longitudinal, transverse, and vertical muscles, as well as hyoid movement and range. The second mode employs breathing exercises to build swallowing strength, enhancing the initiation of the oral preparation phase, the first stage of swallowing. This mode focuses on strengthening the extrinsic muscles and improving the action of hyoid elevation.

Credits

National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU)
YUN JHEN,WU
National Taipei University of Education (NTUE )
Prof. Li Kai-Chu
National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU)
Prof. Wen-Ching Su
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