How my daughter’s stammer was finally cured – by a hearing aid
Posted by Callier Library on April 18, 2008
from the Daily Mail.uk.co
The SpeechEasy device works by recreating the choral effect.
It looks – and is worn – like a hearing aid, and is placed behind the ear or inside the ear canal.
When someone with a stammer talks using a SpeechEasy, their words are captured on microphone and replayed in their ear at a slightly higher frequency (this helps them hear it better).
The SpeechEasy replays these words within 60 milliseconds – fooling the brain into thinking the stammerer is speaking at the same time as other people, triggering the choral effect.
According to manufacturers, the device has around an 80 per cent success rate.
