University of Cincinnati

Children's Hospital Medical Center

Michael Alan Riley

T Douglas Mast

Gregory Donald Myer

Sarah Hamilton Dugan

Adam Charles Kiefer

Suzanne Boyce

Systems and methods for an enhanced ultrasound biofeedback therapy for an improved speech remediation treatment for an individual include transmitting a plurality of ultrasound (US) waves toward a tongue of the individual; receiving a plurality of reflected US waves; converting the plurality of reflected US waves into a plurality of US signals to transmit to an ultrasound machine; and generating one or more enhanced images of the tongue at least partially based on the US signals in real-time, the enhanced images including identified Regions of Interest (ROIs) along tongue sub-parts comprising the tongue root, the tongue dorsum, and the tongue blade and respective ROI points identified therein. An interactive visual story is generated and updated in real-time with a tongue-mapping trajectory of the individual on a display based on the enhanced one or more images to determine a successful or unsuccessful sound production.

Simplified, interactive, real-time ultrasound biofeedback system for speech remediation

An augmented neuromuscular training system and method for providing feedback to a user in order to reduce movement deficits associated with injury risk, prior injury or disease pathology.

Augmented neuromuscular training system and method

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Michael Alan Riley