Blog Post #2: FM System Taking Education to a New Level
An FM Radio station, to us, is our chance to catch up with the “hottest hits,” or breaking news. But for some people, Frequency Modulation (FM) has the power to change their lives. According to class lecture, in 1933, Edwin Armstrong got a patent for inventing the FM Radio. His technique was to modulate the frequency instead of modulating the amplitude. What’s the difference? Well, by modulating the frequency instead of the amplitude, FM was able to produce a clearer sound without any static in the background. At the University of North Texas in Denton, TX, an investigation was conducted to see the potential benefits of an FM system for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ADHD, or both disorders. The study was conducted with 11 children from the ages of birth-12 years old, both males and females. The children with these disorders all tend to display abnormal responses to sensory input. In the study it states, “Processing of auditory information is absolutely