Patent ID: 9564061
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G09B

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a computer to perform a method of using biofeedback to instruct a user how to maintain a lower laryngeal position while vocalizing by increasing electromyographic (EMG) and surface electromyographic (sEMG) data received from the laryngeal depressor muscles, the program comprising: instructions for receiving electronic signals representing real-time EMG and sEMG data of the user; instructions for generating instructions to the user, based upon the received EMG and sEMG data, to at least double the EMG and sEMG data received from the laryngeal depressor muscles during an ensuing vocalization exercise; instructions for generating a display to the user of the generated instructions; instructions for converting subsequent EMG and sEMG data received from the user in response to the generated instructions during an ensuing vocalization exercise into a real-time sensory readout; instructions for receiving audio signals of the user during the ensuing vocalization exercise and converting the audio signals to spectrographic audio data; instructions for receiving video signals of the user during the ensuing vocalization exercise; instructions for coordinating recording of the subsequent EMG data, subsequent sEMG data, spectrographic audio data, and video signals; instructions for generating graphical information based on the subsequent EMG data, subsequent sEMG data, spectrographic audio data, and video signals received from the user; and instructions for displaying the generated graphical information to the user.