Device and method for treating hypernasality
AssigneeChildren's Hospital Medical Center
InventorsJessica Ann Linck, Jonathon Mark Cross, Ann Wippermann Kummer
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Abstract
A device for evaluating or treating a patient for hypernasality or nasal air emission during speech is disclosed. The device contains a nosepiece for collecting nasal auditory output from the patient, a first listening device connected to the nosepiece to enable a therapist to receive the auditory output, and a second listening device connected to the nosepiece to enable the patient to receive the auditory output. Also disclosed is a method for evaluating or treating a patient for hypernasality or nasal air emission during speech using the above device.
Claims23
A device for evaluating or treating a patient for hypernasality or nasal air emission during speech, said device comprising:
- (a) a nosepiece for collecting nasal auditory output from the patient;
- (b) a first listening device connected to the nosepiece to enable a therapist to receive the auditory output;
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- (c) a second listening device connected to the nosepiece to enable the patient to receive the auditory output.
A device for evaluating or treating a patient for hypernasality or nasal air emission during speech, said device comprising:
- (a) a nasal cannula for collecting nasal auditory output from the patient;
- (b) a first flexible tubing connected to both ends of the nasal cannula;
- (c) a second flexible tubing connected to the free ends of the first flexible tubing by a first connector;
- (d) a first stethoscope connected to the second flexible tubing by a multi-port connector to enable a therapist to receive the auditory output from the patient;
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- (e) a second listening device connected to the second flexible tubing by the multi-port connector to enable the patient to simultaneously receive the auditory output.
A method for evaluating or treating a patient for hypernasality or nasal air emission during speech, said method comprising:
- (a) collecting nasal auditory output from the patient through a nosepiece;
- (b) enabling a therapist to receive the auditory output through a first listening device connected to the nosepiece;
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- (c) enabling the patient to receive the auditory output through a second listening device connected to the nosepiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.