Patent ID: 6186794
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A system for adaptive learning by an individual user comprising:a memory device containing data relating to:user instructions,normative responses, andselection presentations;a control device containing the memory device and a processor;a user interface including a user perceivable display, a stimuli presentation device, and a tactile selection and input device; anda software program which includes processing steps to facilitate adaptive learning, the program further comprising:presenting stimuli to the user through at least one of the stimuli presentation device and the user perceivable display of the user interface, the stimuli presentation device comprising a device which transduces an electrical signal input to the system representing sound into at least one of an actual sound, an analog signal to stimulate a cochlear implant, and an actuation electrical signal to actuate a vibrotactile device,reading user input in response to said stimuli,selecting succeeding stimuli based on both a comparison of user responses and normative data and upon a classification of the user responses irrespective of normative data.