How Can A Throat Microphone Help Win Battles?
Freddie Feldman |
TEDxVienna
• October 2018
Freddie Feldman's unusual 20-year journey that starts with beatboxers and ends with people with neurodegenerative diseases. It's a challenge to regain your voice when your body refuses to work, but it's something worth fighting for.
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Freddie Feldman is a Chicago-based inventor, musician, and engineer who spends way more time obsessing over throat microphones than anyone should admit. His work with beatboxers unexpectedly turned into a quest to create assistive devices that allow those with Parkinson’s, MS, ALS, and Muscular Dystrophy to communicate more effectively.
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