Training device and method to suppress sounds caused by sleep and breathing disorders
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1. Device for training a person to suppress snoring sounds and/or sounds associated with sleep or breathing disorders, comprising:
- a) a microprocessor controller, a detector to detect sound signals emitted by a person during periods of sleep in communication said microprocessor controller so that sound signals emitted by the person and detected by said detector are converted to sound signals recorded by said microprocessor controller;
b) a speaker in communication with said microprocessor; and
c) said microprocessor controller including processing means configured to i) prepare pre-selected sound signals that the person'"'"'s brain interprets as having originated outside of the person and not produced by the person to prepare, and ii) transmit said pre-selected sound signals to said speaker after said detector detects the sounds emitted by the person.
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Abstract
A training method and device to suppress sounds caused by sleep and breathing disorders, such as, snoring and sleep apnea. The system records the actual snoring of the subject, modifies it, by time delay and perhaps other sound modifying techniques, and broadcasts it to the subject by a speaker or earphone. This trains the person to attend to his/her own snoring, so that he/she might stop it by moving parts of his/her body or changing breathing patterns. The method and device may include the combination and/or integration of hearing aid functionality and means for detection of snoring sounds.
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1. Device for training a person to suppress snoring sounds and/or sounds associated with sleep or breathing disorders, comprising:
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a) a microprocessor controller, a detector to detect sound signals emitted by a person during periods of sleep in communication said microprocessor controller so that sound signals emitted by the person and detected by said detector are converted to sound signals recorded by said microprocessor controller;
b) a speaker in communication with said microprocessor; and
c) said microprocessor controller including processing means configured to i) prepare pre-selected sound signals that the person'"'"'s brain interprets as having originated outside of the person and not produced by the person to prepare, and ii) transmit said pre-selected sound signals to said speaker after said detector detects the sounds emitted by the person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for training a person to suppress snoring sounds and/or sounds associated with sleep or breathing, comprising:
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a) detecting sound signals emitted by a person during periods of sleep; and
thereafterb) playing pre-selected sound signals within earshot of the person with the sound pre-selected sound signals being selected such that the person'"'"'s brain interprets the pre-selected sound signals as having originated outside of the person and not produced by the person. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. Device for training a person to suppress snoring sounds and/or sounds associated with sleep or breathing disorders, comprising:
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a) a microprocessor controller, a detector to detect sound signals emitted by a person during periods of sleep in communication said microprocessor controller so that sound signals emitted by the person and detected by said detector are converted to sound signals recorded by said microprocessor controller;
b) a speaker in communication with said microprocessor; and
c) said microprocessor controller including processing means configured to ii) transmit said recorded sound signals to said speaker after a pre-selected time delay from when the sound signals emitted by the person are first detected. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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