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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2016
Articulate Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
David A. Penake, San Mateo, CA (US);
Alexey Salamini, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gordy Rogers, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Joe Watson, New York, NY (US);
Speech Buddies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods and devices for teaching the proper configuration of the oral articulators, particularly the tongue, corresponding to particular speech sounds by providing intraoral tactile feedback. Intraoral tactile feedback is achieved by placing nodes in the oral cavity of the patient in locations corresponding to the proper lingual position required to produce a target sound. These nodes facilitate identification of the appropriate lingual position corresponding to a target speech sound by providing tactile differentiation when the target sound is properly produced.