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Electronic apparatus is disclosed which is usable to determine the fluency of a person's speech. This apparatus may monitor a dialogue directly, may be connected to a telephone by a pick up 16 to monitor a dialogue, or may be connected to be responsive to a recording of the dialogue. The apparatus uses a counter 30 to detect the number of hesitation pauses of speech uttered by the subject which pauses are in excess of a time interval in the order of one second of time. The apparatus gives an indication 37, either visible or audible, when the number of such pauses exceeds a presettable limit per unit of time. The apparatus may be used by the medical profession to determine in a subject the existence of or proneness to clinical coronary artery disease where the rate of such hesitation pauses is in excess of a presettable value. It may also be used by disc jockeys, sales personnel, executives, or the like. <IMAGE>
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