Anti-stuttering device and method
OwnerRonald L. Websterinventor
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Abstract
An anti-stuttering device and method for enhancing the fluency of speech in stutterers. The device detects vocal pulses generated by the opening and closing of a speaker's vocal folds. Electrical signals representative of the vocal pulses are transmitted to a receiver in a sealed ear canal of the speaker where they are reproduced as audio pulses. The audio pulses produce a resonant effect within the ear canal to thereby provide an early indication of the characteristics of the speaker's voice and tend to reduce stuttering.
Claims24
A method of speech therapy comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing electrical signals related to the speaker's vocal pulses;
- and
- (b) transforming the electrical signals into audio pulses within the speaker's ear canal to thereby increase the speed with which the speaker is informed of a characteristic of his voice.
A method of speech therapy comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing electrical signals related to the speaker's vocal pulses;
- and
- (b) transforming the electrical signals into sounds within a sealed ear canal of the speaker to thereby produce a resonant effect within the ear of the speaker,
- thereby tending to reduce muscle tension levels associated with speech, improve coordination of speech muscle activities, and enhance fluency.
An anti-stuttering device comprising:
- means for providing electrical signals related to a speaker's vocal pulses, and
- means for providing audio-pulses related to said signals in the speaker's ear canal, to thereby increase the speed with which the speaker is informed of a characteristic of his voice.
An anti-stuttering device comprising the means for:
- (a) providing electrical signals related to the speaker's vocal pulses;
- and
- (b) transforming the electrical signals into sounds within a sealed ear canal of the speaker to thereby produce a resonant effect within the ear of the speaker,
- thereby tending to reduce muscle tension levels associated with speech, improve coordination of speech muscle activities, and enhance fluency.
In a speech therapy device for stutterers and certain other individuals displaying vocal pathologies having means for transmitting the speaker's vocal pulses to an ear canal of the speaker, the improvement comprising means for sealing the ear canal whereby said sounds provide a resonant effect within the ear canal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.