Dr. Daniel R. Boone, voice therapy, Tucson Arizona

The Facilitator

The Facilitator, a new multi-modality auditory feedback device,
was developed by Dr.Boone in collaboration with Kaypentax. It is a
lightweight instrument that can be used in the clinic, at home, or
worn as a portable assistive device. The five modes of auditory
feedback include:

Real-time speech-voice amplification (70-7000 Hz). Clients
or patients wear headphones and hear their own speech or voice as they
have never heard it before. Such fidelity feedback can often shorten the
time it takes to change and improve one's speech or voice.
Loop immediate playback. What one has just said can be played
back immediately with the tap of a button. This immediate feedback is
ideal in the teaching of accent (or accent elimination) or clarity of speech
or in working to improve the sound of one's voice.
Delayed Auditory Feedback (DAF) (10-500 milliseconds).
The auditory feedback of what one has just said is delayed, which has the
immediate effect of slowing one's speech. DAF has been proved over the
years as an effective treatment for both stuttering and cluttering.. DAF is
also effective in slowing down anyone who wishes to talk slower.
Speech-range masking. It becomes impossible to hear one's
speech or voice under conditions of auditory masking. We can hear what
someone sounds like or uncover one's natural voice when the patient
(wearing headphones) is listening to masking while speaking or reading aloud.
Metronomic pacing (50-150 beats per minute). An electronic
metronome can aid in controlling one's rate of speech, slowing it down or
speeding it up.

An extensive applications manual is provided with the Facilitator
showing its various applications with:

VOICE

ARTICULATION

MOTOR SPEECH DISORDERS

STUTTERING

APHASIA

SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

ACCENT REDUCTION

PROFESSIONAL VOICE TRAINING

LEARNING DISABILITIES

For more informtion on the Facilitator, visit:
Kaypentax www.kaypentax.com
or
E-mail: sales@kaypentax.com