iPhone

Program: Aphasia therapy online

Type of exercises:

• listening (auditory/word matching, auditory/picture matching, spell a spoken word, auditory letter discrimination)
• reading (single words & short phrases, matching upper/lower case letters, answering simple, written Y/N questions, auditory letter discrimination)
• spelling (picture naming & spelling spoken words)
• written picture naming, spoken picture naming

Access: keyboard & mouse

Developed with SLT: yes

Theory based: no

Record own speaking attempts: no

Correction of own speaking attempts: no

Number of exercises: several levels and 40-50 items per exercise

Easy to use? yes

Customisation/personalisation: no

Error handling: only 1 error is allowed before answer is given, to prevent errorful learning 

Prompts/cues given: initial letter/semantic cue, can limit word length

Record results: no

Tutorials: no

Free trial: program is free

Support: from the SLT who developed it

Comments: user must make own judgement of whether spoken naming was correct. No spoken models are provided to make this judgment

Languages: In addition to English, this resource is available in both European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese - either the therapy tasks or the entire website as preferred.

Picture supported daily planner. Can add own photos

Designed to capture and organise ideas but could provide a useful tool for generating communication with photo/picture support. For example, someone could use it to generate a simple family tree to show relationships which they are unable to express verbally.  Another use could be to discuss an issue and attach all the feelings surrounding that issue. Another possibility could be for semantic therapy.

The possibilities are endless, it is content free and therefore can be used however the user sees fit.

Verbal word finding exercises for 104 words associated with men, based on semantic feature analysis

A picture is presented for the person to name.  8 levels of cue are available (including phonemic, initial letter spelling, semantic description)

The exercises encourage semantic questioning (What type of thing is this? Can you describe it?)

The many levels of cue would be useful for communication partners wanting useful strategies to adopt to aid word finding

Specific stimuli can be presented from 104 items if wanting to work on specific items only

There is no option to record own speaking attempts

% scores recorded

Verbal word finding exercises for 106 common household object words based on semantic feature analysis

A picture is presented for the person to name.  8 levels of cue are provided (including phonemic, semantic description and initial written letter)

The exercises encourage semantic questioning (what would I use it for? where would I find it?)

The many levels of cue would be useful for communication partners to cue them into helpful strategies to use to aid word finding

Stimuli to be presented can be specified from 106 items

There is no option to record own speaking attempts

% scores are recorded

Verbal word finding exercises for 101 personal object words based on semantic feature analysis

A picture is presented for the person to name. 8 levels of cue are available (including phonemic, initial written letter, semantic descriptions)

The exercises encourage semantic questioning (what does it do? where would I find it?)

The many levels of cue would be useful for communication partners to cue the person with helpful strategies to adopt for word finding

Specific stimuli to be presented can be chosen from list of 101 items

There is no option to record own speaking attempts

% scores are recorded

Verbal word finding exercises for 103 nature words based on semantic feature analysis.

A picture is presented for the person to name. 8 levels of cue are available (including phonemic, initial letter, descriptions).

The exercises encourage semantic questioning (what type of thing is it? what does it do? etc).

The many levels of cue would be useful to communication partners to cue them into helpful strategies to adopt to aid word finding

There is no option to record own speaking attempts

Stimuli to be presented can be specified from the 106 items to work only on specific items if required

% scores are recorded

4 bundle app containing Comprehension Therapy, Naming Therapy, Writing Therapy & Reading Therapy for people who want to work on all 4 areas of language

Look at each app's details individually for more information on what each one contains

Photo supported calendar/reminders

Photos can be added to the calendar from the photo stream or taken instantly

Calendar items appear with the text in a small font, the time in a big font and supported by a half screen photo

Useful for those who need reminders, can't read or next step by step instructions throughout the day

Word and phrase level reading exercises but also exercises to practise spoken words and compose written sentences

Word to picture matching, picture to word matching, phrase to picture matching, picture to phrase matching, read & answer simple questions, compose simple written phrases

Opportunities are given to speak aloud words/phrases and record spoken attempts

No cues given, no error handling

Words/categories can be selected.

If user makes errors, the app will automatically reduce the number of multiple choice answers on display

Results are recorded and can be sent by email. Detailed breakdown of results is provided (e.g. the particular semantic categories where errors occurred)