Harriet Jane Fell

60538783, Apr 25, 2000

Apr 11, 1997

8/827869

Harriet J. Fell - Newton MA
Linda J. Ferrier - Dover MA

Northeastern University - Boston MA

A61B 500

600595

An auditory and tactile stimulation and feedback system for promoting development of individuals. The system stimulates attention and movement, helps individuals to learn cause and effect relationships, to control a surrounding environment and to promote normal development by facilitating the individual's exploration of a developmental sequence of sounds or other stimuli. The system includes an input device which can be interconnected electrically and physically with other input devices, all of which are responsive to the individual as the individual traverses the input devices.

52608697, Nov 9, 1993

Aug 21, 1991

7/748269

Linda J. Ferrier - Lexington MA
Harriet J. Fell - Newtonville MA

Northeastern University - Boston MA

G06F 1500

36441301

A system for helping infants or physically impaired individuals to communicate with others, such as parents or caregivers, to learn cause and effect relationships, to control a surrounding environment, and to promote normal development by facilitating the individual's exploration of a developmental sequence of sounds and a repertoire of simple spoken words. The system includes an input device with a plurality of actuator elements that are selectively responsive to gross physical movement of the individual, an audiovisual output device for providing feedback to the individual and emitting communicated messages to others, and an adaptive control unit for transforming information provided by the input device into instructions for use by the audiovisual output device.