System and method for measuring sound
a sound measurement and sound technology, applied in the field of sound measurement, can solve the problems of ineffective efforts at traditional speech therapy, inconvenient clinical locations, and inability to meet the needs of patients,
Active Publication Date: 2016-02-23
LSVT GLOBAL
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Traditional neuropharmacological and neurosurgical treatments have been of limited help in improving these problems with conventional wisdom being that speech disorders are resistant to medical treatments and efforts at traditional speech therapy have been considered ineffective.
But these clinical locations may be inconvenient, unavailable and / or too expensive for many patients to take advantage of.
Although microphones and rudimentary speech analysis software are available, typical consumer-grade microphones are currently not able to accurately measure one or more important characteristics of the user's voice.
For example, measurements of the sound pressure level and fundamental frequency of a user's voice are often too inaccurate with many affordable microphones to provide the type of analysis desired for speech therapy purposes.
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[0009]Referring now to the drawings, where like or similar elements are designated with identical reference numerals throughout the several views, and referring to FIG. 1, shown is a block diagram depicting an exemplary environment 100 in which embodiments of the present invention may be implemented. As shown in the embodiment depicted in FIG. 1, a calibration data and microphone package 102 is provided from a sound room 104 to a client location 106. In addition, a clinic 108 is shown in communication with the client 106 via a network 110.
[0010]In accordance with several embodiments of the present invention, a calibration procedure carried out at the sound room 104 generates calibration data 112 for the microphone 114 that enables the microphone 114 to be utilized for purposes that the microphone 114 was previously unsuitable for. As depicted in FIG. 1 the calibration data 112 is provided to the client 106 along with the microphone 114 to enable a user to accurately measure characte...
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A system and method for measuring sound is described. In one embodiment frequency-banded-noise samples, which collectively cover at least a portion of a spectrum, are sequentially generated at different points in time, and a baseline sound-pressure-level reading for each of the frequency banded noise samples is received. Using data received from a microphone, a sound pressure level reading is generated for each of the frequency banded noise samples. Calibration data is then produced for the microphone as a function of a difference between each of the baseline sound-pressure-level readings and a corresponding one of each of the generated sound pressure level readings for each of the frequency banded noise samples.
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PRIORITY[0001]The present application claims priority to commonly owned and assigned application No. 60 / 714,005, filed Sep. 2, 2005, entitled System and Method for Measuring Sound, which is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates generally to sound measurement, and more particularly to systems and methods for improved sound measurement.BACKGROUND[0003]There are several known disorders that adversely affect the speech of many people. For example, Parkinson disease (PD) multiple sclerosis, strokes, ataxic dysarthria, aging voice, and vocal fold paralysis impact the speech of many persons. Traditional neuropharmacological and neurosurgical treatments have been of limited help in improving these problems with conventional wisdom being that speech disorders are resistant to medical treatments and efforts at traditional speech therapy have been considered ineffective.[0004]The landscape, however, has changed recently, and experimental data from ...
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IPC IPC(8): G10L21/00G10L25/00H04R3/00H04R5/027
CPCH04R3/005H04R5/027
Inventor CARVALHO DE MATOS, CARLOS EDUARDO
Owner LSVT GLOBAL