Patent ID: 8740622

Claim:
A method of providing intraoral feedback to a person during sound production, which comprises: providing at least one sound training device selected from a group of devices each comprising a handle, a node support and one or more nodes to provide tactile feedback to the person by indicating a proper position of the person's tongue for accurate pronunciation of a particular speech sound; and providing each device with registration features for positioning the device in a location in the person's oral cavity such that the person's tongue is able to freely navigate to contact the one or more nodes to be positioned for making the particular sound with the location being dependent on the particular sound being trained; wherein the node support is about 0.5 to 1.5 mm thick to limit intrusiveness while providing sufficient strength to support the one or more nodes, and wherein each node is configured and dimensioned to provide tactile feedback to the person at its respective location and the feedback is representative of the proper position of the tongue for accurate pronunciation of the particular sound.