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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Michael P. Rastatter, Greenville, NC (US);
Joseph S. Kalinowski, Greenville, NC (US);
Andrew M. Stuart, Winterville, NC (US);
Michael P. Rastatter, Greenville, NC (US);
Joseph S. Kalinowski, Greenville, NC (US);
Andrew M. Stuart, Winterville, NC (US);
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (US);
Abstract
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 thereby improve the subject's communication skills. Certain methods for treating subjects having non-stuttering pathologies or disorders presenting with an impairment or dysfunction in communication skills using frequency altered auditory feedback, comprise: (a) positioning a ear-supported device (devoid of external cabling during normal operation) for receiving auditory signals associated with a subject's speech in close proximity to at least one ear of an individual, the device being adapted to be in communication with at least one of the ear canals of the individual; (b) receiving in the device an audio signal associated with the subject's speech; (c) generating from the device a frequency altered auditory feedback signal having an associated frequency shift between about +/−2 octaves relative to the received audio signal; and (d) transmitting the frequency altered auditory feedback signal to at least one ear canal of the subject.