Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Speech Clarifier or Articulator - Assistive Technology

This blog posting is in response to the Make Magazine request to "Invent a Speech Aid to Help Malia Communicate"


Those with these conditions might have troubles with others understanding their speech....Stroke, Aphonia, Dysphonia, Laryngectomy, Cerebral Palsy, Voice Disorders, Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury, Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's Disease, Traumatic Brain Injury, Muscular Dystrophy, Other Neuromuscular Disorders, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Spasmodic Dysphonia, Paralyzed Vocal Cords.

The purpose of this post is to provide a list of some existing "speech clarifiers".  People can then use these off-the-shelf solutions and/or inventors can make new and better clarifiers.  Using the search string below, you can find "more like this", if needed.

This post concentrates on voice-in > clarified voice out, instead of other adaptive devices, e.g. text to speech, point at icons, etc.

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Speech Enhancer 

 Speech generating devices for children with cerebral palsy
THE TALKITT APP

Speech-generating device

 10 Must Have Products for Individuals with Cerebral Palsy - and especially - The Special Needs iPad & App Series

 A Voice-Input Voice-Output Communication Aid

 Speech-to-Speech (STS) relay 

VIVOCA - Voice Input Voice Output Communication Aid  

 How technology is helping people with speech impairments to talk 

 VocaliD crowdsources human speech to create custom digital voices

 How Intel Gave Stephen Hawking a Voice

 and Why Intel made Stephen Hawking's speech system open source

 Speech synthesis

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Search String - (speech OR voice OR linguistic) (aid OR enhancer OR clarifier OR assist OR articulator) (cerebral OR palsy OR disabled OR handicapped)

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Please add more resources or comment as you see fit.

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Article is for information only and is not medical advice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Thursday, July 06, 2017

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) possible Relief using Repeater, Microprocessor, Glycol, Jumper, etc.

Here's some information I found that might be helpful for you or others...Might give you some ideas?...


The bidirectional relay transmission of nerve signal after spinal cord injury based on quantum entanglement

From Thought to Action

Quantum entanglement teleportation-based spinal cord injury nerve signal relay system and method

Engineering Nerve Jumper Cables For Spinal Cord Repair In Animal Model

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Graphene key to promising treatment for spinal cord injuries - Engadget

Intraspinal Delivery of Polyethylene Glycol-coated Gold Nanoparticles ...

Graphene nanoribbons show promise for healing spinal injuries

Functional recovery following traumatic spinal cord injury mediated by ...

Arrangement of Conductive Rod Nanobrushes via Conductive ...

Thermally sensitive conductive hydrogel using amphiphilic crosslinker ...

Development of Electrically Conductive Oligo(polyethylene glycol ...

Methods and compositions for the treatment of open and closed wound spinal cord injuries 

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Laboratory breakthrough offers promise... - Michael J. Katz, MD ...

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Electrical nerve stimulation can reverse spinal cord injury nerve ...

Brain-Computer Interface Therapy Triggers Some Recovery From ...

UAB - Spinal Cord Injury Model System - What does the spinal cord do?

Patent US20080234791 - Spinal cord implant systems and methods ...

Spinal cord stimulator - Wikipedia

Spinal cord injuries

 

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Disclaimer - Article is for information only and is not medical advice.