Method for utilizing oral movement and related events
First Claim
1. A method for providing speech therapy comprising:
- (A) displaying a model representation of a position of contact between a model tongue and mouth during speech;
(B) displaying a representation of a position of contact between a learner'"'"'s tongue and mouth during speech;
(C) displaying a model representation of a contact between a model lip and teeth during speech; and
(D) representing the position of contact between the learner'"'"'s tongue and mouth during speech by a grid of dots on a computer screen, wherein said dots expand and change color responsive to contact between the learner'"'"'s tongue and mouth.
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Abstract
A method for utilizing oral movements is used in speech assessment, speech therapy, language development, and controlling external devices. A device is used which includes a sensor plate having sensors to detect contact of the tongue with the sensor plate. One aspect of the invention allows viewing representations of contact of the tongue and palate during speech and comparing the representations with model representations displayed in a split screen fashion. The model representations may be generated by another speaker utilizing a sensor plate or by computer generated representations which have been electronically stored. The representations may be analyzed to assess speech proficiency and the model may be mimicked for speech enhancement.
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37 Claims
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1. A method for providing speech therapy comprising:
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(A) displaying a model representation of a position of contact between a model tongue and mouth during speech; (B) displaying a representation of a position of contact between a learner'"'"'s tongue and mouth during speech; (C) displaying a model representation of a contact between a model lip and teeth during speech; and (D) representing the position of contact between the learner'"'"'s tongue and mouth during speech by a grid of dots on a computer screen, wherein said dots expand and change color responsive to contact between the learner'"'"'s tongue and mouth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for providing speech therapy comprising:
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(A) displaying a model representation of a position of contact between a model tongue and mouth during speech; (B) displaying a representation of a position of contact between a learner'"'"'s tongue and mouth during speech; (C) instructing the learner to mimic the model representation of the position of contact between the model tongue and mouth during speech; (D) comparing the representation of the position of contact between the learner'"'"'s tongue and mouth during speech with the model representation of position of contact between the model tongue and mouth during speech; (E) generating a numerical score representing the closeness of fit between the representation of position of contact between the learner'"'"'s tongue and mouth during speech and the model representation of position of contact between the model tongue and mouth during speech; (F) providing positive reinforcement when the learner mimics the model representation of position of contact between the model tongue and mouth during speech; and (G) providing model acoustic representations of the speech; wherein the representations of position of contact between the learner'"'"'s tongue and mouth during speech and the model representations of position of contact between the model tongue and mouth during speech are displayed on a split-screen; wherein auditory mimicry accuracy between the learner and the model acoustic representation are analyzed acoustically; wherein a numerical score representing the closeness of acoustic fit is generated; wherein sound spectrographic displays are generated from the model acoustic representation and the learner'"'"'s speech; wherein the position of contact between the learner'"'"'s tongue and mouth during speech is represented by a grid of dots on said split-screen, said dots expand and change color corresponding to contact between the learner'"'"'s tongue and mouth; wherein a dental landmark is displayed on the split-screen to help orient the position of contact between the learner'"'"'s tongue and mouth; wherein the grid of dots corresponds to sensors disposed on a sensor plate which is custom fitted in the mouth of the learner; wherein the speech includes sounds, words, phrases or sentences, and wherein the sounds, words, phrases, or sentences are displayed in writing; wherein the position of contact between the learner'"'"'s tongue and mouth during speech is recorded; wherein the learner'"'"'s speech is recorded acoustically corresponding to the position of contact between the learner'"'"'s tongue and mouth during speech; wherein the method further comprises displaying a model representation of a contact between a model lip and teeth during speech; wherein the method further comprises displaying a representation of a contact between a learner'"'"'s lip and teeth during speech; and automatically generating learning curve plots illustrating the ability of the learner to mimic the contact of the model tongue and mouth and the model lip and teeth.
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34. A method for providing speech therapy comprising:
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(A) displaying a model representation of a position of contact between a model tongue and mouth during speech; (B) displaying a representation of a position of contact between a learner'"'"'s tongue and mouth during speech; (C) instructing the learner to mimic the model representation of the position of contact between the model tongue and mouth during speech; (D) measuring palatometric parameters of the learner; and (E) displaying a model representation of a contact between a model lip and teeth during speech. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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