Introducing . . . The Speech Enhancer™
The Speech Enhancer™ is Electronic Speech Enhancement Inc.'s new battery-powered, portable speech system. A patent-pending new technology, the Speech Enhancer™ is an excellent solution for many mild to moderate speech challenges, providing an aid for independence never available before.
Low-volume and dysarthric speech is more than frustrating. Communication, especially with those other than family, is often the door to independence. The Speech Enhancer™ opens that door with improved speech clarity.
The Speech Enhancer™ is extremely effective in noisy places: restaurants, on the job, on the playground or in the cafeteria, outdoors, in the car or van, the workshop, classroom, church, bank, or even rock concerts . . . everywhere people need to be for a full and independent life.
Only the Speech Enhancer™ has this unique technological advantage to completely isolate a soft voice from all ambient noise, thanks to its patent-pending Proximity Microphone™.
A variety of speech challenges are addressed by the Speech Enhancer™
• Dysarthria • ALS
• Cerebral Palsy • Huntingdon's
• Traumatic Brain Injury • Stroke
• Parkinson's • Vocal Nodule
• Mysathenia Gravis • MS
• Laryngectomy • MD
• Ventilator-Dependent • Tracheotomy
• Imprecise Articulation •Dysphonia
• Spinal Cord Injury • Vocal Fold Paralysis
People with imprecise or impaired articulation - even with inaudible voice - - are finding the Speech Enhancer™ to be of great benefit in improving their personal communications.
In fact, this new technology is so powerful, it enables Speech & Language Pathologists to actually hear an inaudible voice for the first time ever, improving diagnosis and treatment.
Want to Learn More About Electronic Speech Enhancement?
Attend The Assistive Speech Technology Seminar!
Date: Friday, July 12, 1996
Time: 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m.
Location: National Center for Disability Services, 201 I.U. Willets Road, Albertson, NY 11507.
Cost: $25.00 each for healthcare professionals. No charge for non-professionals and families.
Audience/Skill Level: Health professionals and consumers/families interested in learning about this new technology for indenpendence and how to obtain funding for it. Speech & Language pathologists, otolaryngologists, respiratory therapists, neurologists, case managers, discharge planners, nurses, occupational therapists, physiatrists, vocational rehabilitation counselors, ILC staff, and support groups.
Agenda: First 2 hours: Inservice training for health professionals; Break and light refreshments; and Last Hour: Lab with hands-on testing demonstration with consumers. Please note, consumers and families are invited to attend the entire program or just the lab session, as they wish.
Learning Outcomes: Participants will increase their knowledge of this new technology through lecture, case studies, handouts, and a lab session with consumers.
Speech Science: benefits & limitations of real-time speech processing; the speech model: spectral distribution of articulation, resonation and phonation components; effects of ambient noise on speech intelligibilityu; demonstration of 3D specttrum analysis of pre- and post-processed speech; and case studies.
Clinical Application: application of this speech clarification device; clinical diagnostics, therapuetics and prosthetics; etiologies indicated and recommendations for candidate eligibility selection; testing protocol; funding implications for outcome-based intervention and independent living; and regulatory climate and specific funding information. This is a Medicaid approved device.