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Voice Aerobics Voice Amplifier
Hello, I'm writing to tell you about an affordable,
personal voice amplifier that I have added to my
Voice Aerobics family of products.
Over the years, I have had reason to recommend a
patient use amplification for their voice. To save patients the hassle
of trying to find a good quality amplifier, I decided to try to find one
I could provide directly to patients. I have been trying several voice
amplifiers to judge quality and also to get a good price
point that patients are comfortable with.
The unit I will be selling performs quite well, and
even at higher volume retains good voice quality without any distortion
or feedback. A number of patients have told me that they can hear
themselves better when performing voice exercises,
and hence perform them better. Others have found that their hearing
impaired spouses are pleased with being able to hear them, and others
tell me that it makes it easier to concentrate on what
they are saying than how loud they are talking.
I had a patient recently with Parkinson's and
Lewy Body, a retired teacher, and I honestly couldn't understand
more than 25% of what he was saying during the evaluation. His
wife, consequently, did all of the talking. It was such a
struggle for him to get his voice on, that once he had voice, he
didn't know what he wanted to say. On the second visit back I
placed an amplifier on him, and he literally spoke to me for the
full 50 minutes, answering questions about his life and
teaching, and showing a sense of humor that often reveals itself
once you can hear an individual.
For patients with vocal fold impairments such
as nodules or paralysis, use of a voice amplifier can reduce the
impact of voice symptoms and help with day to day communication.
The auxiliary input allows you to use the amplifier as an
external speaker with computers and other electronics, and while
using it for this purpose during a recent seminar, I found it
provided more volume than two other external speakers I own.
Feel free to contact me with
any questions.
Mary Spremulli,
Speech Language Pathologist and Kim Gaut, Executive
Director of Hearing Impaired Persons in Charlotte County
give a demonstration of the new
Voice Aerobics Amplifier. |
~ Mary Spremulli, MA, CCC-SLP |
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