Pulsed-tone timing exercise method
OwnerJulie B. Romney, William R. Bushmaninventors
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Abstract
A pulsed-tone timing method. Pulsed audible guide tones are activated at an initial pulsing rate. The pulsing rate is manipulated so as to repeatable (i) increase the pulsing rate over a time span to an intermediate pulsing rate and (ii) abruptly drop the pulsing rate to a decreased rate between the intermediate pulsing rate and a previous rate, until a predetermined final pulsing rate is reached. The pulsing rate can be manipulated such that each subsequent intermediate pulsing rate pulses at a faster rate than previous intermediate pulsing rates. The method can be used in many activities. For example, a reader can read a line of text per each guide tone while keeping pace with the specifically timed rate increases, thereby increasing reading effort and reading speed.
Claims18
A pulsed-tone pacing method comprising the steps of:
- (a) activating pulsed audible guide tones at an initial pulsing rate;
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- (b) repeatably (i) increasing the pulsing rate over a time span to a successively higher pulsing rate and (ii) abruptly dropping the pulsing rate to a lower rate between the higher pulsing rate and the initial pulsing rate, until a final pacing rate is reached.
A reading exercise method for increasing a reading rate of a reader, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) activating pulsed audible guide tones at an initial pulsing rate and simultaneously reading a segment of text per each pulsed audible guide tone at a corresponding initial reading rate;
- (b) repeatably (i) increasing the pulsing rate, and thus the reading rate, over a time span to a successively higher pulsing and reading rate and (ii) abruptly dropping the pulsing rate, and thus the reading rate, to a lower pulsing and reading rate between the higher pulsing and reading rate and the initial pulsing and reading rate, until a final pulsing rate and corresponding final reading rate are reached.
A reading exercise method for increasing a reading rate of a reader from a first reading rate to a second reading rate, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) activating pulsed audible guide tones over at least one time span at an exercise pulsing rate and simultaneously reading a segment of text per each pulsed audible guide tone at a corresponding exercise reading rate, wherein said exercise pulsing rate is higher than a first pulsing rate corresponding to the first reading rate;
- (b) dropping the pulsing and reading rates to the first pulsing and reading rates and producing a pulsing increase in the pulsing rate to thereby increase said pulsing and reading rates over a time span;
- (c) selectively discontinuing the pulsing increase when the pulsing rate attains a desired second pulsing rate and maintaining a flat reading rate at the desired second pulsing rate and corresponding second reading rate.
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