AUGMENTATIVE TELEPHONE AIDS

语音电话增强器的研制 听力障碍被公认为是一个重要的调查领域。 具体地说，开发一种足够简单的袖珍辅助器 对儿童和低收入个人来说适当便宜的是 被认为需要进一步关注。在这个第一阶段计划中，我们将 在训练有素的临床医生的帮助下开发和测试一些原型 与电话一起使用的只接收设备，借助 对微型计算机的编程要求更高，要求更高 先进的器件，并设计和制造面包板电路， 包含的功能(包括语音合成)进入高级 设备。如果预期结果证实了该设备的有效性，则 原型电路将在以后的改进和开发中应用于临床 在第二阶段进行测试。开发这样一个简单的双向， 为语言/听力受损人士使用电话提供的辅助工具 对我们社会中的这一部分人有重大好处的，提出了一个 商业化的机会，并为我们的 残障人士。

The development of telephone augmentative devices for the speech and hearing-impaired is recognized as an important area for investigation. Specifically, the development of a pocket-sized aid that is simple enough for children and appropriately inexpensive for lower-income individuals is seen as needing further attention. In this Phase I program, we will develop and test with the aid of trained clinicians some prototype receive-only devices for use with the telephone, identify with the aid of a programmed microcomputer the more sophisticated requirements for a more advanced device, and design and fabricate a breadboard circuit that would contain the features (including speech synthesis) into the advanced device. If the anticipated results confirm the efficacy of the device, the prototype circuit would later be improved and developed for clinical testing during Phase II. The develpment of such a simple two-way, augmentive aid for telephone usage by the speech/hearing-impaired would be of significant benefit to that segment of our society, present an opportunity for commercialization, and lower still another barrier for our handicapped citizens.