SON, The Netherlands, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- MedSy (www.medsy.co.uk), a leading European distributor for sub medical
products announces the launch of SpeechEasy in the UK. The revolutionary anti
stammer device is now available and helps stammerers to speak more fluently.
SpeechEasy(R) is custom made to fit completely within the ear
canal and is almost invisible, unlike previous bulkier stammer reducing
devices. The coin-sized product works based upon the 'Choral-effect' (also
known as the echo effect) which means that the wearer hears his or her own
voice with a time delay and a pitch shift. This produces the effect of
another person speaking in unison with the stammerer and in most cases will
reduce the wearer's stammer significantly. It is very common for individuals
with a fairly severe stammer to be able to sing without any hesitation, and
this is a similar effect.
Following a successful roll-out in the United States, there
are already thousands of users who have benefited from using SpeechEasy(R).
According to recent research(x) 80% of SpeechEasy's customers are fluent or
almost fluent with the device, with the group indicating that the device has
had a very positive impact on their well-being, increased self-confidence and
improved interaction resulting in better social and professional
relationships.
SpeechEasy(R) is supplied via a network of Independent specialist hearing
centres here in the UK and is now available at specialist centres in London,
Oxford, Ipswich, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Lisburn and Lincoln.
Stammering affects around 1% of the UK adult population -
about 459,000 people - and approximately 109,000 children between the ages of
5-16 years. Someone who stammers can experience certain limitations in his or
her life. These can vary from speech anxiety, avoiding social contact,
depression and feelings of inferiority. Stammerers may be offered therapy to
try and eliminate it by working with speech and language therapists, or can
undertake courses to help themselves. SpeechEasy(R) is an aid to reduce
stammering, not a cure, and it should be used as a 'tool' to help reduce the
stammer.
(x)Customer satisfaction survey with 489 customers of SpeechEasy(R) by
independent agency Rainmaker & Sun Integrated Marketing, April 2004.
To view a short video documentary on SpeechEasy(R), please see
http://www.medsy.eu/Default.asp/id,189/index.html
SpeechEasy
For further information and pictures please contact: Ivo Pans, Managing Director, MedSy, GSM: +31-(0)6-29193943, Office: +31-(0)40-3682673, Ivo.pans@medsy.eu
