Voice Therapy App System for Parkinson's Disease
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current voice therapy methods for patients with Parkinson's Disease are expensive, time-consuming, and require frequent in-person visits to a certified Speech Language Pathologist, making them inaccessible and costly for many individuals, especially those with mobility impairments or geographical limitations.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for administering voice therapy over a computer network, utilizing a server device, user client device, and administrator device connected via a communications network, which allows for digital voice signal processing, storage, and exercise instruction delivery, enabling remote access and reduced costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional one-on-one voice therapy with certified SLP is used, then therapy quality and effectiveness are improved, but cost and time consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The therapy system is segmented into multiple components: a certified SLP who creates therapy programs, a digital platform that delivers exercises, and an automated feedback system. This segmentation allows the certified professional to focus on program design while automation handles delivery and monitoring, reducing time consumption while maintaining quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates digital copies of therapy sessions that can be delivered asynchronously. Patients receive standardized therapy exercises digitally, and their performances are recorded and evaluated automatically. This copying mechanism eliminates the need for synchronous in-person meetings while preserving therapeutic effectiveness.
2Reliability
If frequent in-person visits to SLP office are required, then therapy effectiveness is improved, but accessibility deteriorates for patients with mobility impairments or geographical limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces the mechanical requirement of physical travel to the SLP's office with a digital communication system. Patients can access therapy exercises and submit their performances through a web portal or mobile device, eliminating the need for physical transportation while maintaining therapeutic effectiveness through automated evaluation.
3Reliability
If certified SLP administration is required, then therapy quality is improved, but cost increases due to certification requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts the certification requirement from the ongoing therapy delivery process. A certified SLP is only needed initially to design and validate the therapy program. Once created, the program can be delivered and monitored through automated digital systems, eliminating the need for continuous certified professional involvement and reducing costs.
4Productivity
If standardized voice therapy exercises are used, then scalability is improved, but adaptability to individual patient needs deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The therapy system is designed to be dynamic and adaptive. While the core exercise library is standardized for scalability, the system automatically adjusts exercise selection and parameters based on individual patient performance data. The digital platform can modify difficulty levels, repeat exercises, or introduce variations based on real-time feedback, maintaining individualization while preserving scalability.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of providing voice therapy or training to a patient or other person over a communications network. The method includes delivering by a server computer communicatively connected to the communications network, a digital exercise instruction to a user client device communicatively connected to the communications network. The method includes receiving over the communications network from the user client device a digital voice signal representing an analog voice signal input to the user client device by the patient or other person, and storing the digital voice signal in a database communicatively connected to the server computer. The method also includes delivering a website to a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) device or other administrator device communicatively connected to the communications network and providing access to the digital voice signal to the administrator device.