SpeechEasy Introduces New "Comfort Fit" Fluency Device for Individuals Who Stutter.

New Device is Visually More Pleasing and Offers Improved Performance

GREENVILLE, N.C. -- SpeechEasy, a division of Janus Development Group, announces the release of the new Comfort Fit[TM] device, the fourth in the company's line of speech devices that can dramatically enhance fluency

in individuals who stutter. This latest evolution offers improved natural hearing and superior background noise reduction while featuring the most advanced technology available in fluency-enhancing devices. Not only does the new device offer much lower visibility because of its small size and sleek clear housing, it also improves hearing by allowing natural sound to enter the ear in which the device is worn. Both ears now receive natural sound, instead of just the one that does not have a device inserted. The Comfort Fit fluency device also reduces background noise as the client's voice is altered and delayed to the ear.

According to Alan Newton, President of Janus Development, "The new 'Comfort Fit' device is both a cosmetic and performance improvement over our other models. Some of our customers, especially teenagers, are not comfortable wearing a device that looks like a hearing aid. That's where the new sleek look provides a benefit. Other current users, while generally satisfied with their improved ability to communicate, have often complained about background noise. Our new device has dramatically reduced this problem as well."

By wearing this small, virtually undetectable SpeechEasy device in one's ear, individuals who stutter gain help in speaking more fluently. Similar to a hearing aid, SpeechEasy is worn in or around the ear. But rather than amplify sound, SpeechEasy alters the way a user hears his/her own voice - a change in pitch and a slight delay trick the brain into hearing a second voice speaking in unison. Such "choral speech" can alleviate stuttering. The choral effect has been well documented for decades, but has only recently been scientifically recreated in a small, wireless, wearable device that can be used every day.

In 2002, SpeechEasy offered the first of these life-changing devices that help people who stutter to speak more fluently. Since that time, thousands of people worldwide have benefited from wearing a SpeechEasy device. Approximately 3 out of 4 people who stutter benefit from a SpeechEasy fluency device.

SpeechEasy was developed and patented by a team of communication disorder researchers at East Carolina University and is marketed exclusively by Janus Development Group. SpeechEasy devices are available via a network of state licensed certified speech language pathologists around the country. For more information about SpeechEasy, visit www.speecheasy.com or call (877) 4-FLUENCY.