Currently, there are several electronic devices that alter the
auditory feedback that persons who stutter hear as they speak.
?For a certain population of persons who stutter, these devices can
significantly improve stuttering and help to decrease the avoidance
and speech anxiety experienced by persons who stutter. It is known
that persons who stutter typically become much more fluent when they
read in unison with another person, when they sing, when they cannot
hear their own speech and when they hear themselves in a delay.?
SpeechEasy
?The SpeechEasy is a digitally programmable battery operated ?in the
ear? auditory feedback device which emulates choral speech by altering
the person who stutter?s delayed auditory feedback (DAF) and pitch or
frequency altered feedback FAF) as they speak. The device can be fit
behind-the-ear canal, in-the-ear canal, or completely in the canal. A
certified speech-language pathologist who specializes in stuttering
will evaluate the person who stutters and modify the DAF and FAF
settings until the optimal result is obtained. If the person decides
to order the SpeechEasy?, it is custom made and costs from $4500 to
$5100. Ninety percent of the purchase price is refunded if it is
returned undamaged within 30 days of the purchases. ?
Great Voice
http://www.greatvoice.com/archive_vc/0104_vc.html
Speech Easy Device.
?Developed at the university, the gadget fits in the canal of one ear
and works like a small PA system, complete with microphone, amplifier,
and speaker. It delivers delayed and altered voice feedback to the
stutterer, tricking the brain into thinking that another person is
speaking, too.?
ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/DailyNews/stutteringGMA020801.html
Relief for Stutterers
?A little gadget may help individuals who suffer from stuttering, a
problem which affects approximately 3 million people in the United
States. The SpeechEasy, invented by researchers at East Carolina
University, is a small earpiece that alters the pitch of the speaker?s
voice and transmits it back to the ear. Studies have found that
stutterers tend to speak better when someone else is talking. The
device thus encourages the brain to promote more fluent speech. Trial
tests were 85 percent effective and did not show any side effects.
Like glasses, SpeechEasy is effective when worn ? once removed the
benefits are gone.?
Stanford Daily
http://daily.stanford.edu/tempo?page=content&id=10536&repository=0001_article
SpeechEasy - How it works
http://www.speecheasy.com/how-why.htm
SpeechEasy - How to get it
http://www.speecheasy.com/howtogetit.htm
SpeechEasy - Providers
http://www.speecheasy.com/providers.htm
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Fluency Master
?The Fluency Master is a behind-the-ear battery operated device which
modifies one?s auditory feedback by providing a low frequency
distortion of the person?s voice into their right ear as they speak.
Vocal fold vibration for speech is detected by a small microphone
placed behind the ear lobe and the speaker hears the distorted sound
as his vocal folds begin the vibrate. This device costs $3600. Eighty
percent of the purchase price is refunded if it is returned undamaged
within 30 days of the purchases. These devices provide an alternative
for some persons who stutter who have experienced little success in
therapy. ?
Great Voice
http://www.greatvoice.com/archive_vc/0104_vc.html
?The Fluency Master is a miniature, wearable, electronic stuttering
control device that looks like a hearing aid. It fits comfortably
behind the ear. The Fluency Master can help control stuttering and
significantly enhance speech fluency. The speed and amount of
improvement produced by the Fluency Master in the treatment of
stuttering are often dramatic.?
For more information, please contact us:
National Association for Speech Fluency
228 Birch Drive
New Hyde Park, NY 11040-2322
Telephone: (516) 248-8383
Email: info@stutteringcontrol.com
Fax: (516) 294-5454
Stuttering Control
http://www.stutteringcontrol.com/
How it works
http://www.stutteringcontrol.com/fnwork.htm
Schedule an appointment
http://www.stutteringcontrol.com/fnobtain.htm
FAQ
http://www.stutteringcontrol.com/fnquest.htm
Search criteria:
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I hope this helps!
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
Clarification of Answer by
bobbie7-ga
on
08 Jul 2004 15:52 PDT
Could this be the device you have in mind?
?Inventor Thomas David Kehoe says his new in-ear device may help with
public speaking fears. The device, with a small microphone and
earphones much like those that news anchors use, allows speakers to
push a button and hear their voices digitally altered to sound
"confident and authoritative." Another button produces a "happy and
enthusiastic" voice. No one else hears the auditory feedback, which is
delayed by about one-tenth of a second to trick the brain.?
?Mr. Kehoe, a University of Chicago Business School grad, already
markets similar devices he invented to aid stutterers. He says the
idea came to him while he was trying to think of other uses. "I was
playing with a toy voice changer, and I noticed that some of the
programs changed my mood," he says.?
http://www.ammermanexperience.com/images/Spring2001.pdf
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. A front page article August 20 featured a new
invention created by Thomas David Kehoe, Class of '92. His product is
an in-ear device that may help people who suffer from public-speaking
fears. The article identified Kehoe as a graduate of the University of
Chicago business school.
http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/news/fallnews98-1.html
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