DR. MAUREEN CASPER, PH.D.-/SLP
Speech Language Pathology at Tyler Cir, Rye, NY

2010023, Sep 16, 2010

Mar 11, 2009

12/402340

Maureen Casper - Rye NY, US

THE SPEECH INSTITUTE, LLC - Rye NY

G09B 19/04

434185

A therapeutic method for developing the ability of subjects with autism spectrum disorders to produce and perceive spoken language, including sequentially modeling a set of words, the speaking of which involves making a first and a second articulatory gesture, as pictures corresponding to such words are displayed, in order to induce the subject to attempt to say the modeled words, until the subject is able to produce the constrictions of the oral-pharyngeal cavity associated with both of said articulatory gestures of the words together with vibration of the vocal folds, and the subject is able to produce such words intelligibly. The subject's ability is incrementally expanded using sets of words involving the making of other articulatory gestures until the subject is able to intelligibly produce words involving substantially all of the articulatory gestures used in the language of interest. Positive visual reinforcement is given to the subject for each word that the subject is able to produce intelligibly. For subjects having a level of intelligibility, the ability to produce generative speech is developed, first by displaying a set of pictures depicting actions corresponding to verbs, the speaking of which involves making a first articulatory gesture and modeling or phonetically facilitating the verb corresponding to each of said pictures until the subject is able to produce the verbs. Positive feedback is provided to the subject each time the subject says verb corresponding to one of said displayed pictures by animating said picture to produce the action corresponding to the verb. The subject's ability is expanded using sets of verbs involving the making of other articulatory gestures and further expanded using phrases containing such verbs with the display of corresponding pictures. In the next stage of the method the subject's ability to produce generative language is further expanded with the use of stories. The subject's progress is monitored by uploading and analyzing data including speech samples.

2002006, May 23, 2002

Aug 28, 2001

09/942097

Maureen Casper - Rye NY, US

A61B005/00

600/300000

The present method provides an acoustic signature with correlation to neurological degeneration for the speech disturbances. Acoustic measures of speech disturbance can be compared to or rated against neurological measures or indicators such as magnetic resonance imaging to diagnose a neurological condition or to rate the severity or progression of a condition.