Monday, October 15, 2012
Delayed Auditory Feedback wins Nobel Price!
This year's Ig Nobel Price winners:
ACOUSTICS PRIZE: Kazutaka Kurihara and Koji Tsukada [JAPAN] for creating the SpeechJammer — a machine that disrupts a person's speech, by making them hear their own spoken words at a very slight delay.
REFERENCE: "SpeechJammer: A System Utilizing Artificial Speech Disturbance with Delayed Auditory Feedback", Kazutaka Kurihara, Koji Tsukada, arxiv.org/abs/1202.6106. February 28, 2012.
Their "discovery" is that you can use DAF to stop people from speaking. When people hear their own voices with a slight delay, they stop speaking. One proposed application is a portable speech jamming gun, for use in places like libraries, as a quiet way to stop people from speaking, since loud interruptions are more disruptive than the speech itself.
I glanced through the paper, and it does refer to DAF for stuttering:
DAF has a close relationship with stuttering. DAF leads physically unimpaired people to stutter i.e., speech jamming. On the other hand, it is known that DAF can improve stuttering [1], and medical DAF devices are available [6]. We utilized DAF to develop a device that can jam remote physically unimpaired people's speech whether they want it or not. This device possesses one characteristic that is different from the usual medical DAF device; namely, the microphone and speaker are located distant from the target. [Thanks to Ora for his contribution]
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
8 comments:
Hey... To the person who runs this blog..
I have to get something to your attention.
I think stuttering can be stopped now but I don't know because it cost 7000 but honestly it is the most convincing thing ever. I would like you to look more into it. You can deletet this comment if you think it's advertising or whatever I just wanted to show you this website
Livestutterfree.com
They also have a fb group on it
This is led by Anna Deeter
Please believe me when I say this is worth looking at more and not dismissing it as a scam.
Thanks.
Have you tried the program?.....does it work?
Is it a permanent solution and does it work in the "real" world as opposed to a safe environment?
Why is it so expensive $7k for a 3 day course is very expensive.
Is there software that can be bought that is cheaper?
IS it guaranteed to work?
Lots of questions, but if someone claims to have a solution, it should be expected.
Thanks
Tom, Did stuttering genetic research basically die? At least temporarily? Drayna hasn't published anything I see as 'new' for a long time. He's really the main contributor and there aren't many other people involved either. I'd at least like to know what researchers have been trying. He's also not involved in the ISAD conference this year, but that could mean anything including that he is working on something big.
I have always wondered if the "stuttering" caused by DAF which is applied to non-stutterers is "real" stuttering. Maybe these "DAF stutterings" are simply caused by confusion when you can't quite hear yourself speaking? Do all non-stutterers "stutter" with DAF, or only some?
Regarding the Anna Deeter message above - this was the subject of a huge fight on the Stuttering Community Facebook page recently, with some saying that they were helped, and many complaining that it's a scam.
Can you provide a link or details to the Stuttering Community facebook concerning the Anna Deeter (livestutterfree) method.
I've seen 3 videos of it helping a British person,a Canadian and an American girl and it all "looks" legit, HOWEVER the red flag comes up when it says 100% and saying that you will only fail if you dont do EXACTLY what we tell you, so if you are not fluent its your fault and not ours?
Any thoughts on this anyone?
Here's the link to the Stuttering Community Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/98233252577/?ref=ts&fref=ts
It's listed as a "closed group", which probably means that the postings are visible only after you've become a member.
I don't know anything about it... just found it by Googling.
Looks a bit suspect to me - 3 days 100% eliminated.
If it was true, would the rest of the world not be aware of it?
In Russia its cured 1000-1500 people, I am dubious of this "fact".
Why does is cost $7-10k, takes it out of most peoples reach. Fluency for the rich only?
Well, isn't this a nice surprice!
Post a Comment