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Apraxia Therapy

SLT Summary

3 exercise sets:

  • sequences (automatic speech such as ABC, alphabet)
  • 1-6 word phrases (7 levels)
  • 2-5 syllable words (4 levels)
  • 175 exercises in total

The words/phrases are of a functional nature, useful for conversation

Rate of speech can be altered

Visual (video & text) and auditory (spoken) cues given

5 stepped approach to verbal production (listen/tap rhythm/say with model/say with model fading out/say with verbal but no auditory model)

Items can be presented in stepped order of difficulty or randomised

User needs good self-monitoring skills to be able to self-rate whether they got the response correct

Self-ratings and audio recordings can be emailed to SLT

NB audio recordings are with an American accent

A free trial is available through Apraxia Therapy Lite app

 

Supplier: Tactus

 

Aphasia Summary

Exercises for practise speaking words and sentences 

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Exercises for practise speaking words and sentences 

Access
Record Results
Prompts/cues given
No
Theory Based
Yes
Can author/customise
No
Free trial
Yes

Number Therapy

SLT Summary

Exercises to work on understanding numbers in the written & spoken form, speaking numbers & writing numbers

Choose to work on numbers in different formats (e.g. money, years, time, fractions, ordinals)

Option to add personalised phone numbers

Option to record spoken attempts

3 difficulty levels

A Free trial is available through the Number Therapy Lite app

Suppliers: App store & google play store

 

Supplier: Tactus

 

Aphasia Summary

Exercises to work on communicating about numbers

 

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Exercises to work on communicating about numbers

Available in US and UK English.

Access
Record Results
Prompts/cues given
Yes
Theory Based
No
Can author/customise
Yes
Free trial
Yes

More speech

SLT Summary

 

 

Program:

More speech

 

Type of exercises:

 

•    3 auditory discrimination activities

•    15 listening activities (single word to sentence level)

•    18 reading activities (letter to phrase level)

•    11 writing activities (copying to whole word phrase completion

•    5 speaking activities (naming & completion tasks)

•    9 graded apraxia exercises

•    4 levels within each activity module

•    All of the listening, reading & writing exercises can be accessed under the memory exercises but there is a delay before responses are required (i.e. to work on auditory/working/visual memory)

 

Access:

Touchscreen or keyboard & mouse

 

Developed with SLT:

Yes

 

Theory based:

No

 

Record own speaking attempts:

No

 

Correction of own speaking attempts:

No

 

Number of exercises:

Over 5,000

 

Easy to use?

Yes

 

Customisation/personalisation:

No

 

Error handling:

None

 

Prompts/cues given:

Text hints for some exercises

 

Record results:

Yes but only % score, no detail

 

Tutorials:

Yes, video tutorial

 

Free trial:

Yes, 14 day free trial

 

Support:

Yes

 

Comments:

US accent

•    Distractors are unrelated (i.e. not visual/semantic/phonemic)

•    Some exercises work on a combination of skills (e.g. auditory memory + semantics)

•    Can’t record spoken attempts

 

Supplier details:

www.webapp.morespeech.com

 

Aphasia Summary

A range of activities to work on listeningreadingwriting and speaking

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A range of activities to work on listening, reading, writing and speaking

This is online software but it behaves like an app when downloaded to a tablet/phone homescreen

 

Record Results
Prompts/cues given
No
Theory Based
Yes
Can author/customise
No
Free trial
Yes

Conversation builder Teen

SLT Summary

2-way &  group conversations are possible

Initiate and respond to conversations with a variety of language: questions, observations, change the topic

The user can record and save conversations as well as email them to their therapist

There are 8 conversation themes and they are very adolescent focused. However, with creative use, it could be used by adults.

The user has to select the correct response from a written choice of 3 and then record their response. However, they could choose to record an alternative spoken response

Aphasia Summary

Practise spoken conversations & record them

 

2-way & group conversations are possible

Initiate and respond to conversations with a variety of language: questions, observations, change the topic

The user can record and save conversations as well as email them to their therapist

There are 8 conversation themes and they are very adolescent focused. However, with creative use, it could be used by adults.

The user has to select the correct response from a written choice of 3 and then record their response. However, they could choose to record an alternative spoken response

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Practise spoken conversations & record them

Access
Record Results
Prompts/cues given
No
Theory Based
No
Can author/customise
No
Free trial
No

Talk around It men

SLT Summary

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

Aphasia Summary

Exercises for speaking common words to do with men

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Exercises for speaking common words about men

Access
Record Results
Prompts/cues given
Yes
Theory Based
Yes
Can author/customise
No
Free trial
No

Talk around It home

SLT Summary

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

 

Aphasia Summary

Exercises for speaking household object words

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Exercises for speaking household object words

 

Available in English, Spanish,  Hindi, Portuguese (Brazilian), Norwegian

Access
Record Results
Prompts/cues given
Yes
Theory Based
Yes
Can author/customise
No
Free trial
No

Talk around It person

SLT Summary

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

 

Aphasia Summary

Exercises for speaking personal object words

Price
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Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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Exercises for speaking common personal object words

Access
Record Results
Prompts/cues given
Yes
Theory Based
Yes
Can author/customise
No
Free trial
No

Talk around It nature

SLT Summary

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

Aphasia Summary

Exercises for speaking nature words

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Exercises for speaking nature words

Access
Record Results
Prompts/cues given
Yes
Theory Based
Yes
Can author/customise
No
Free trial
Yes

Language Therapy

SLT Summary

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

Aphasia Summary

4 bundle app containing Comprehension Therapy, Naming Therapy, Writing Therapy & Reading Therapy

Exercises for understanding, naming, spelling and reading

Price
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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4 bundle app containing Comprehension Therapy, Naming Therapy, Writing Therapy & Reading Therapy

Exercises for understanding, naming, spelling and reading

Access
Record Results
Prompts/cues given
Yes
Theory Based
Yes
Can author/customise
Yes
Free trial
Yes

Comprehension Aphasia

SLT Summary

Auditory comprehension exercises including auditory word-picture matching, listening to & following basic directions, temporal directions and conditional directions.

There are up to 9 levels of difficulty & 1700 items

Results can be recorded and emailed. A score is given at the end of each exercise & a record of exercises attempted is also recorded within the app but scores are not saved in these reports.

User can record their speech although this is an app to work on auditory comprehension rather than speech.

Ability to turn on background noise & set for multiple users.

 

Aphasia Summary

Exercises for working on understanding spoken words and instructions

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Price
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Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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For working on understanding spoken words and instructions

Access
Record Results
Prompts/cues given
No
Theory Based
No
Can author/customise
No
Free trial
No