User Review:SmallTalk™ - the latest anti-stuttering devices
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- Category: Research
- Published: Friday, 30 April 2010 19:02
- Written by Bernie Dobrucki
This article first appeared in the Spring 2008 issue of the CSA Newsletter.
SmallTalk by Casa Futura Technologies is the latest reincarnation of the Edinburgh Masker. Thanks to 21st century technology, the unit is a little smaller than an iPod and with the Bluetooth earphone and speaker is almost inconspicuous. The device could easily be mistaken for a cell phone.
For those of you unfamiliar with electronic anti-stuttering devices, they utilize a technology called Altered Auditory Feedback (AAF) which relays the speaker’s voice back to them in an attempt to block or ‘mask’ their voice. The theory goes, we as stutterers are better able to speak fluently when we can’t hear our own voices.