Ear Gizmo Helps Stop Stuttering

Posted by timothy on Wednesday May 28, 2003 @05:39AM from the stick-this-fish-in-your-ear dept.

gregger writes "This little thing that looks like a hearing aid is called a "Speecheasy." It sits in your ear and creates something called the "choral effect" which in essence echoes what the wearer is saying. The real choral effect (i.e. when you recite something in a group like pledges of allegiance or other dark rituals) seems to help people that stutter speak more fluently. The price for this thing is quoted in the KRON TV story as being between $3,600 - $5,100. Porky Pig's insurance won't buy it for him either."

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Sorry, but this is old by ThinkingGuy · 2003-05-28 08:08 · Score: 2, Informative

I distinctly remember seeing a demonstration of this technology on the TV show "That's Incredible!" which would mean that it's at least 20 years ago. I think we have a case of "Company press release masquerading as news."
Still, this is great for people who would otherwise have difficulty functioning because of stuttering.