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Method and device for enhancing the recognition of speech among speech-impaired individuals

  • US 6,413,097 B1
  • Filed: 09/19/2000
  • Issued: 07/02/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for developing an audible training program for an individual, the audible training program utilizing speech enhancement processing to allow the individual to better understand phonemes, the method comprising:

  • providing prerecorded training material to a processing device;

    if the prerecorded training material is not in a digital format that can be processed by the processing device, converting the prerecorded training material into such a digital format;

    processing the prerecorded training material by elongating stop consonant portions of the phonemes within the prerecorded training material without elongating vowel portions of the phonemes, said step of elongating producing processed training material; and

    providing the processed training material to a playback device for training the individual.

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