CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unveiling a groundbreaking online speech therapy site, two new speech-generating devices and a new device assessment tool, Lingraphica, a Princeton, N.J. company that has ...

Back in the early 1980s, there was a certain fad in making your computer produce something resembling human speech. There were several hardware solutions to this, adding voices to everything from ...

In response to public comments and new med tech, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that it is expanding Medicare coverage of speech-generating devices to include devices that ...

In recent weeks, some interesting Microsoft patents have emerged, including ideas such as an en route UAV delivery system, voice input integration with third-party apps for Cortana, and more. Now, ...

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- "His daughter was about one when he was diagnosed, and we watched him go from a walker to a wheelchair to a breathing machine, so it was really difficult," Grant Korting said. Over ...

Sep 25, 2014 Sep 25, 2014 Updated Feb 4, 2020 0 Glenn Asbury spends the first few hours of each day on the Internet, and usually some more in the afternoon. The five to 10 emails he sends daily carry ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ReadSpeaker, the most trusted, independent digital voice partner for global businesses, today announced it is has been selected by sComm, the leading developer of speech ...

Beginning December 1, people with ALS, which impairs motor function so people often cannot talk or even move, could lose access to devices that help them communicate, Kaiser Health News reports. The ...

Speech generating devices (SGDs) may be funded using private health insurance, Medicare, and/or Medicaid. Medicaid is the provider of last resort, so funding must be sought through other funding ...

When I was 18 years old, I spent a year in Ecuador through Rotary Youth Exchange, a program which hosts exchanges for young students in countries around the world. A few months into my trip, I decided ...

Gabriela Gonzalez, 23, whose severe cerebral palsy not only requires her to use a wheelchair but also makes her heavily slurred speech difficult to understand, works with Jamie Crum, program director ...

Seven-year-old Mason Gonzalez has his own way of communicating and telling his “mom and dad he loves them.” Mason, a native of Jesup, Iowa, will be the Kid Captain for Iowa’s football game against ...