Natural orientation induction tool apparatus and method

摘要

An apparatus for training learning disabled subjects, such as autistic children, induces sound waves into a body of a user through two paths, one heard by the ears through air and the other through a liquid or solid in contact with tissues, such as skin and skeleton on the back of a user, below the collar and centered across the vertical axis of the spine. Two transducers produce waves in the audible sound spectrum, repeat persistently, and provide a tone about a location on which the subject may focus attention. A controller and actuator adhered to the skin by an adhesive gel pad against the back of a wearer. The sound, repeating (after a selected delay), decaying, and seeming to originate above and behind the head of a wearer is a waveform becomes a focus; effective to orient a subject, who lacks natural, self-orientation.

主权项

1. An apparatus focusing attention of a student, as a user, by inducing sound waves into the body of the user through air to the ears thereof, and through at least one of liquid and solid contact against a tissue remote from the ears, the apparatus comprising:
a driver comprising a controller, housing, and first engagement portion; an actuator comprising at least two transducers; the actuator, further comprising an adhesive surface; the actuator, further comprising a second engagement portion operably connected to the first engagement portion; the actuator, further comprising a coupler, constituting a conductor of sound, coupling a surface of a tissue of the user to the at least two transducers; the actuator, wherein the at least two transducers are operably connected to the controller to oscillate in a range of frequencies corresponding to an audible range of a human; and the driver, wherein the controller is programmed to oscillate the at least two transducers simultaneously and repeatedly at a periodicity selected to focus attention of the user continuously.