Frequency altered feedback for treating non-stuttering pathologies

摘要

Methods and devices treat non-stuttering pathologies having impaired or decreased communication skills by administering a frequency altered auditory feedback signal to a subject having a non-stuttering pathology while the subject is speaking or talking to thereby improve the subject's communication skills.

主权项

1. A method for improving reading comprehension of a subject, comprising:
receiving an auditory speech signal of the subject at a first frequency; electronically altering the first frequency of the received auditory speech signal to generate a frequency altered feedback speech signal; and electronically administering the frequency altered feedback signal to the subject while the subject is speaking to improve the subject's reading comprehension.