What is Stuttering
Stuttering (scientifically known as dysphemia) is a speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by prolongations, repetitions, and blocks of sounds, syllables, words o...
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This news story was just released today about using the iPhone as a stuttering treatment tool...
"Scientists at Hollins Communications Research Institute have just completed successful trials using Apple’s iPhone as a stuttering therapy tool to enhance the transfer of new fluency skills from the clinical setting into real-life situations... " For anyone interested in learning more, the full article is here: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/hcri... Posted on 01/21/09, 10:01 am |
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Thats really interesting.. I wanted to know how can it work. 
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Both Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch are incorporated into HCRI's stuttering treatment program. The hand-held devices have a speech monitor built in and help with the transfer of fluency skills learned in the clinic to real-world situations. Here are a couple of links to articles that have been published that should give you more info.
Scientific American: http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-secon... PC Magazine: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,28... Also, HCRI has a Facebook page Group where information is posted regularly. If you are interested in joining, here's the Group link: http://tinyurl.com/dxrrsd I hope this helps. All the best, Karto
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