Self-contained in-the-ear device to deliver altered auditory feedback: Applications for stuttering

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-237

  Stuart, Andrew ^a   Xia, Shixiong ^b   Jiang, Yining ^b   Jiang, Tao ^b,c   Kalinowski, Joseph ^a   Rastatter, Michael P ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Micro DSP Technology Company Ltd   (China)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delayed auditory feedback; Digital signal processor; Frequency altered feedback; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MICROPHONES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; USER INTERFACES;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING;

AMPLIFIERS; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MINIATURIZATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING;

EID: 0043030320     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1541014     Document Type: Article

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