Patent ID: 6224384
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: G09B,G16H

Abstract:
A method for adaptively training a subject to distinguish between similar sounds common in spoken language, the method applying emphasis to certain stop consonants within the similar sounds, the method having a plurality of processing levels to be applied to the similar sounds, the method also having a plurality of stimulus sets, each of the stimulus sets having a target sound, and a plurality of distractor sounds, the method comprising:a) creating a stimulus sequence, the stimulus sequence embedding a target sound, from within one of the plurality of stimulus sets, within a plurality of distractor sounds from the one of the plurality of stimulus sets;b) applying one of the plurality of processing levels to the sounds within the stimulus sequence to created processed sounds which emphasis the certain stop consonants;c) presenting the processed sounds of the stimulus sequence to a subject; andd) if the subject correctly identifies the target sound within the stimulus sequence adaptively selecting an alternate stimulus set for presentation to the subject based on the subject's performance, and repeating a)-c).