Patent ID: 6724898
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A method of assisting a person with aphasia, apraxia or other condition with similar effect to recover their speaking ability, said method comprising:(a) pressing one end of a thin-walled hollow tube against the outside of the neck in the voice box area of the throat of a speaking person and simultaneously pressing the other end of said thin-walled hollow tube against the outside of the neck in the voice box area of the throat of said person with aphasia, apraxia or other condition with similar effect; and (b) said speaking person vocalizing sounds while said thin-walled hollow tube is pressed against the outside of the neck in the voice box area of the throat of said speaking person and pressed against the outside neck in the voice box area of the throat of said person with aphasia, apraxia or other condition with similar effect.