Patent Document ID: 9129595
Application ID: 13003114

Base Claim:
1. An apparatus for compensating for a loss of speech, comprising: a sensor unit wherein the sensor unit senses the position of a user's tongue while the user articulates words or sounds; a comparator connected to the sensor unit wherein the comparator compares the position of the user's tongue with a library of stored tongue positions and associated words or sounds, the comparator including a processor which creates words or sounds by selecting and, where necessary, modifying, associated words or sounds for projection by a loudspeaker; and a loudspeaker being coupled with the processor wherein when a match is found between the sensed tongue positions and the stored tongue positions, the loudspeaker then projects a sound associated with the stored tongue positions.

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Claim 2:
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensor unit includes a palatometer and a pseudopalate for sensing, in use, the position of the user's tongue.