| You might know someone that stutters but a | | | | pathologist, trained to fit people with the anti |
| new device promises to help cure stuttering in a | | | | stuttering device. Only a few children have ever |
| matter of seconds. Zachary Taylor is one tough | | | | tried it before, so the pathologist was not quite |
| kid only one hurdle slows him down. Words! An | | | | sure what would happen when he fitted the |
| experimental device could help and 3 million other | | | | device into Zachary's ear. |
| Americans who stutter. | | | | At first it was a little bit of a disappointed. But |
| Introducing the Speak Easy device, it transforms | | | | then the pitch of the device was raised, |
| many people who have this problem. This little | | | | everybody smiled especially the pathologist who |
| gizmo is a tiny PA system. It plays the person's | | | | knows first hand the power of a piece of plastic |
| voice back into their own ear with a slight delay | | | | to change lives. He too has a stuttering problem |
| and change in pitch. | | | | and wishes this device was around when he was |
| When Zachary's mum first heard about this | | | | eight. |
| device she did not think her son needed it. After | | | | The inventors of Speech Easy say that stuttering |
| all he is one of the best students in his third grade | | | | is hot wired into kids about the age of twelve, |
| class. Until recently at a bike race when an older | | | | children under the age of twelve like Zachary |
| boy mimicked his speech, and he let his fists do | | | | might develop normal speech patterns by wearing |
| the talking. | | | | the device. This device is not cheap. It costs |
| His mum brought him to Portland to a speech | | | | $4,000 and is not covered by insurance. |