Patent ID: 9344781
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: A61M,A62B,G10L,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A system for enhancing verbal communication of a wearer of a respiratory apparatus that degrades a quality of speech by a patient, said system comprising: a first transducer arranged to attach at or near a throat of the wearer of the respiratory apparatus, said transducer converting sound produced by the wearer into an electrical signal; a plurality of processing components configured to process said electrical signal to form a processed electrical signal capable of being reproduced into patient speech, wherein the plurality of processing components includes at least: a user interface including at least one control to receive input indicating a sequence in which the plurality of processing components process said electrical signal, such that a sound quality of the patient speech reproducible from the processed electrical signal is adjustable by a user via the user interface so as to improve intelligibility of the patient speech.