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Spinoff story

Speech Aids

A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.

About this technology

Overview

Designed to assist deaf and hearing impaired-persons in achieving better speech, Resnick Worldwide Inc.'s device provides a visual means of cuing the deaf as a speech-improvement measure. This is done by electronically processing the subjects' sounds and comparing them with optimum values which are displayed for comparison.