MedSy Launches Device In The UK To Help Stammerers Speak More Fluently

Main Category: Medical Devices / Diagnostics
Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience;  Ear, Nose and Throat
Article Date: 19 Jul 2007 - 1:00 PDT

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MedSy, a leading European distributor for sub medical products announces the launch of SpeechEasy in the UK. The revolutionary anti stammer device is now available and helps stammerers to speak more fluently.

SpeechEasy(R) is custom made to fit completely within the ear canal and is almost invisible, unlike previous bulkier stammer reducing devices. The coin-sized product works based upon the 'Choral-effect' (also known as the echo effect) which means that the wearer hears his or her own voice with a time delay and a pitch shift. This produces the effect of another person speaking in unison with the stammerer and in most cases will reduce the wearer's stammer significantly. It is very common for individuals with a fairly severe stammer to be able to sing without any hesitation, and this is a similar effect.

Following a successful roll-out in the United States, there are already thousands of users who have benefited from using SpeechEasy(R). According to recent research(*) 80% of SpeechEasy's customers are fluent or almost fluent with the device, with the group indicating that the device has had a very positive impact on their well-being, increased self-confidence and improved interaction resulting in better social and professional relationships. SpeechEasy(R) is supplied via a network of Independent specialist hearing centres here in the UK and is now available at specialist centres in London, Oxford, Ipswich, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Lisburn and Lincoln.

Stammering affects around 1% of the UK adult population - about 459,000 people - and approximately 109,000 children between the ages of 5-16 years. Someone who stammers can experience certain limitations in his or her life. These can vary from speech anxiety, avoiding social contact, depression and feelings of inferiority. Stammerers may be offered therapy to try and eliminate it by working with speech and language therapists, or can undertake courses to help themselves. SpeechEasy(R) is an aid to reduce stammering, not a cure, and it should be used as a 'tool' to help reduce the stammer.

(*)Customer satisfaction survey with 489 customers of SpeechEasy (R) by independent agency Rainmaker & Sun Integrated Marketing, April 2004.

To view a short video documentary on SpeechEasy(R), please see here.

http://www.medsy.co.uk