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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7874977 | Anti-stuttering device A device for treating and reducing stuttering by utilizing auditory feedback. A bone conducting hearing aid apparatus is arranged to be attached to the skull bone of a user with a stuttering problem so that his ear canal is left free. A tactile component in the form... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7828712 | Frequency altered feedback for treating non-stuttering pathologies Methods and devices treat treating non-stuttering pathologies having impaired or decreased communication skills by administering a frequency altered auditory feedback signal to a subject having a non-stuttering pathology while the subject is speaking or talking to t... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7591779 | Adaptation resistant anti-stuttering devices and related methods Portable devices for treating stuttering or communication disorders include a circuit configured to automatically electronically select sua sponte different signal parameters and/or sound effect algorithms used to generate varied altered auditory feedback signals to... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7283962 | Methods and systems for detecting, measuring, and monitoring stress in speech As disclosed herein, the present invention provides methods and systems for detecting, measuring, or monitoring the presence of absence of at least one emotion in a subject from a speech sample obtained from the subject. In particular, the methods and systems of the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283850 | Method and apparatus for multi-sensory speech enhancement on a mobile device A mobile device includes an air conduction microphone and an alternative sensor that provides an alternative sensor signal indicative of speech. A communication interface permits the mobile device to communicate directly with other mobile devices. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7258660 | Speech therapy method An improved stuttering treatment program provides for a multi dimensional diagnostic procedure for identifying the problems associated with stuttering. A simultaneous attitude modification phase and a speech fluency enhancing techniques phase define a supervised, ha... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7237205 | Parameter evaluation system A parameter evaluation system comprising a boundary input device for setting boundaries in a variation range of one or more parameters, thereby to define regions within said variation range, a label input device for associating labels with said regions, a rule input... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7189189 | Comfort time relaxation device The present invention is a stress management device which relates to the field of health and is a portable device with auditory messages. The device can be carried by a user and used privately with ear phones or can be auditory and used with speakers. The present in... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7120477 | Personal mobile computing device having antenna microphone and speech detection for improved speech recognition A mobile computing device, adapted to be held in the palm of a user's hand, includes an antenna for transmission of information from the mobile computing device. A first microphone, adapted to convert audible speech from the user into speech signals, is positioned a... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7066894 | Sensor and method for detecting very low frequency acoustic signals There is disclosed a sensor and method for detecting very low frequency acoustic signals. The sensor is capable of detecting low frequency acoustic signals in the frequency range of one tenth Hertz to thirty Hertz. The sensor comprises a chamber having portions that... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7052466 | Apparatus and method for outputting heart sounds An apparatus for outputting heart sounds includes an implantable system and an external system. The implantable system includes a sensor for generating sensed signals representing detected heart sounds, an interface circuit and a control circuit for receiving the se... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7031922 | Methods and devices for enhancing fluency in persons who stutter employing visual speech gestures Methods, devices, and computer program products display visual choral speech to a patient who stutters or has a speech impediment or impairment as a visual stimulus for the patient to enhance the fluency of the patient. The visual choral speech is incongruous with t... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6999924 | System and method for characterizing voiced excitations of speech and acoustic signals, removing acoustic noise from speech, and synthesizing speech The present invention is a system and method for characterizing human (or animate) speech voiced excitation functions and acoustic signals, for removing unwanted acoustic noise which often occurs when a speaker uses a microphone in common environments, and for synth... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6971993 | Method for utilizing oral movement and related events A method for utilizing oral movements is used in speech assessment, speech therapy, language development, and controlling external devices. A device is used which includes a sensor plate having sensors to detect contact of the tongue with the sensor plate. One aspec... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6934567 | Personal wearable communication and speaker system A personal wearable communication and speaker entertainment system which provides improved quality audio response and which does not interfere with the wearer's activities or block environmental sounds is disclosed. The speaker system is connected to or in communica... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6754632 | Methods and devices for delivering exogenously generated speech signals to enhance fluency in persons who stutter Methods and devices generate an exogenous natural second speech signal as an auditory stimulus to a user to enhance the fluency of persons who stutter. The natural speech signal is independent of the contemporaneous speech production of the stutterer and is provided... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6656128 | Device and method for treating hypernasality 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... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6241753 | Method for scar collagen formation and contraction A method is disclosed for forming and contracting scar collagen below a tissue surface in a selected tissue site. An electromagnetic energy apparatus is provided and includes an electromagnetic energy source and a delivery device. The delivery device is p... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6231500 | Electronic anti-stuttering device providing auditory feedback and disfluency-detecting biofeedback Improvements to a biofeedback device for treating stuttering are disclosed. The device monitors aspects of speech production. When stuttering phenomena are detected, the device provides fluency-enhancing auditory feedback to reduce stuttering. As the user... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6193644 | Cryosurgical probe with sheath A sheath for use on a closed loop Joule-Thomson cryosurgical probe, and the combination of the and the closed loop probe. The sheath is slipped over the probe, thereby separating the probe from the environment. The sheath has a grip which fits over the ha... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6174278 | Implantable Microphone The present invention is directed to methods for amplifying vocal (i.e., speech) and other sounds produced by humans and other animals. The present invention provides implantable microphones and sound amplification systems suitable for use in diagnostic a... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6030350 | Device and method for measuring phonation threshold pressure The invention provides a device and method for measuring phonation threshold pressure. The method and device are useful for diagnosing and evaluating voice disorders and pathologies affecting the vocal tract and for evaluating treatments of such disorders... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5961443 | Therapeutic device to ameliorate stuttering A device and method for ameliorating stuttering by providing an altered auditory feedback by employing a compact device configured for positioning in or adjacent the ear canal of an individual. The portable, self-contained device can be used on a "chronic... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5888187 | Implantable microphone The present invention is directed to methods for amplifying vocal (i.e., speech) and other sounds produced by humans and other animals. The present invention provides implantable microphones and sound amplification systems suitable for use in diagnostic a... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5765135 | Speech therapy system The invention provides a speech therapy system, comprising a first channel including a microphone, and a first analog-to-digital (A/D) transducer for transducing voice signals from the microphone into digital form, a second channel including at least one ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5647834 | Speech-based biofeedback method and system A method for effecting biofeedback regulation of at least one physiological variable characteristic of a subject's emotional state, comprising the steps of monitoring at least one speech parameter characteristic of the subject's emotional state so as to p... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5478304 | Anti-sturrering device and method An anti-stuttering device and method for enhancing the fluency of speech in stutterers. The device consists of a microphone for detecting an individual speaker's tissue conducted vocal pulses ("voice") at the junction of the mandible and skull for transmi... | 12/26/1995 |
| 4685448 | Vocal tactile feedback method and associated apparatus A vocal tactile feedback apparatus and method for use in the treatment of stuttering and other speech or hearing abnormalities is disclosed. A microphone and amplifier are utilized to produce and amplify an electronic signal responsive to vocal utterances... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4662847 | Electronic device and method for the treatment of stuttering An improved electronic device and method for the treatment of stuttering is disclosed. The device and method provide for transmitting electronic speech signals from a user through two paths, one of which is synchronous and the other is asynchronous. The s... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4377158 | Method and monitor for voice fluency Electronic apparatus is disclosed which is usable to determine the fluency of a person's speech. This apparatus may monitor a dialogue directly, may be connected to a telephone to monitor a dialogue, or may be connceted to be responsive to a recording of ... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4143648 | Portable therapeutic apparatus having patient responsive feedback means A portable therapeutic instrument includes a microphone to be secured to a patient's throat for monitoring voice level or to a patient's nose for monitoring nasal sounds. An input amplifier includes an automatic gain circuit which essentially flattens the... | 03/13/1979 |
