Methods and system to reduce stuttering using vibration detection
AssigneeMeditab Software Inc.
InventorMiteshkumar Ishwarbhai Patel
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Abstract
A system to reducing stuttering includes two devices. A vibration sensing device is worn around the user's neck and detects when a stuttering event is taking place due to the vibrations of the vocal cords. The vibration sensing device transmits a signal to at least one head phone device inserted in the ear of the user. The head phone device plays music into the ear of the user. The music breaks the connection between the sub-conscious mind and the nerves in the vocal cords is broken temporarily. An application executable on a smart device may facilitate this process.
Claims20
A stuttering reduction system comprising:
- a vibration sensing device located proximate vocal cords of a user, wherein the vibration sensing device determines vibration within the vocal cords and generates a signal;
- and
- at least one head phone device to receive the signal and configured to play an audio signal.
A method for reducing stuttering comprising:
- detecting vibration in vocal cords using a vibration sensing device;
- determining that the vibration is related to a stuttering event;
- receiving a signal at a head phone device in response to the determination of the stuttering event;
- and
- playing an audio signal using the at least one head phone device.
A stutter reduction device configured to receive data from a vibration sensing device and to determine a stuttering event for a user, the stutter reduction device comprising:
- a housing and a display;
- a receiver to receive a signal from the vibration sensing device;
- and
- processing circuitry, disposed in the housing, to determine the stuttering event according to the signal and configured to generate an audio signal within a head phone device.
A device configured to
- detect vibration in vocal cords using a signal from a vibration sensing device;
- determine that the vibration is related to a stuttering event;
- and
- transmit an audio signal to a head phone device in response to the determination of the stuttering event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.