Device for targeted feature-specific sensory therapy
AssigneeUniversity of South Florida
InventorsDavid Eddins, Joseph Walton
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Abstract
A device and method that supplements sensory input, thereby providing a supplemented sensory environment, to induce plasticity within the central nervous system that effectively overcomes sensory-neural processing deficits or strengthens specific sensory-neural abilities. In one implementation, ear-level hearing devices are used to deliver therapeutic sound with specific acoustic features that serve as archetypes of stimulus features for which sensory-neural processing is compromised by a sensory-neural deficit.
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A system for targeted feature-specific sensory therapy, the system comprising:
- a hearing device configured to
- provide an augmented acoustic environment,
- determine an archetypal stimuli associated with a specific sensory deficit, and supplement the augmented acoustic environment with the archetypal stimuli,
- wherein the specific sensory deficit includes impaired perception of fine temporal details,
- wherein the hearing device is configured to supplement the augmented acoustic environment with the archetypal stimuli by generating a sound with a range of relevant rapid temporal patterns and chronically delivering the sound at a presentation level that renders the features audible and relevant.
A system for targeted feature-specific sensory therapy, the system comprising:
- a hearing device configured to
- provide an augmented acoustic environment,
- determine an archetypal stimuli associated with a specific sensory deficit, and supplement the augmented acoustic environment with the archetypal stimuli,
- wherein the specific sensory deficit includes impaired ability to use binaural difference cues.
A system for targeted feature-specific sensory therapy, the system comprising:
- a hearing device configured to
- provide an augmented acoustic environment,
- determine an archetypal stimuli associated with a specific sensory deficit, and supplement the augmented acoustic environment with the archetypal stimuli,
- wherein the specific sensory deficit includes impaired ability to use spectral features.
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