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Cognishine

SLT Summary

A comprehensive library of activities covering cognition, social emotional skills, language and speech.

Activities intended to enhance cognitive abilities such as memory, attention, cognitive flexibility, information processing, category formation, reasoning, and to encourage spontaneous learning.

Some customisable access features, including cursor type and english accents. Also available in Hebrew and Dutch.

Self practice report

 

Aphasia Summary

Activities aimed at supporting:

Cognition: memory, sequencing, planning, recall, general knowledge

Language: word naming, auditory comprehension, picture description, story telling,

Speech: practice sounds, select specific sounds to practice

Social emotional: point of view, inference, identifying emotions

Price
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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A comprehensive library of activities covering cognition, social emotional skills, language and speech.

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

Constant Therapy - Clinician version

SLT Summary

60 tasks with a functional bias to work on:

  • Auditory comprehension (sounds/words/paragraphs/rhyming/auditory instructions)
  • Speech (word repetition, picture naming, reading aloud)
  • Semantics (written & spoken)
  • Spelling (picture naming, copying, anagrams, auditory naming)
  • Reading (picture-word matching, reading comprehension, written lexical decision making)
  • Attention
  • Visual processing
  • Time telling
  • Map reading
  • Cognitive function
  • Problem solving
  • Planning
  • Reading & understanding numbers

There are 2 versions of the therapy app - a user version & a clinician version

In the clinician version, the clinician can remotely edit exercise sets and access results

 

Supplier: Constant

 

Aphasia Summary

Exercises to work on all areas of language, but also attentionplanning and problem solving within everyday situations

 

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Number of exercises
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Exercises to work on all areas of language but also attentionplanningproblem solving within everyday situations

 

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

Language
Price
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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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

TalkPath Therapy

SLT Summary

Writing exercises:

  • Copying letters & words
  • Written picture naming
  • Complete the phrase (spell a word to complete a saying)
  • Sentence scramble (re-arranging words to form a short sentence)

Speaking exercises:

  • Articulation & oro-motor exercises
  • Functional spoken word & phrase repetition
  • Flashcard naming (spoken picture naming of nouns, verbs & adjectives)
  • Naming using semantic feature analysis strategies

Reading exercises:

  • Letter, word and phrase matching
  • Written word/sentence to picture matching
  • Written word sentence completion
  • Article reading based around current news topics

Listening exercises:

  • Spoken word to picture matching
  • Spoken phrase to picture matching
  • Spoken question to picture matching
  • Following auditory directions

There is also a large bank of memory, semantic categorisation & maths exercises 

There is also a large bank of ADL exercises (e.g. reading menus, reading product labels, telling the time and reading calendar entries).

The memory and ADL exercises also work on various language areas e.g. auditory memory, functional reading, semantics, auditory comprehension and inferences.

Error handling: Yes

Prompts/cues: Yes

Record results: Yes, very detailed, specifying which cues were required, which answer was chosen, how long the task took to complete and dates tasks were attempted

Comments/N.B

• There is only one version for UK, US, Aus

• 3-4 levels of difficulty, depending on exercises

• Very large bank of over 13,500 items

• Reliant on the user self monitoring and knowing whether they named the item correctly or not.

There is no facility for recording speech attempts and the app itself does not determine level of accuracy. This app would therefore not be appropriate for independent use by someone with poor self monitoring

• FREE TRIAL available

Aphasia Summary

Exercises for practising speaking and repeating words, copying letters and spelling words, listening, and also reading letters, words, sentences and phrases. Also exercises for word meanings, remembering, time and number calculations.

Language
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Easy to use independently
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Exercises for practising speaking and repeating words, copying letters and spelling words, listening, and also reading letters, words, sentences and phrases. Also exercises for word meaning, remembering, time, number calculations.

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

Constant Therapy - Client version

SLT Summary

60 tasks with a functional bias to work on:

  • Auditory comprehension (sounds/words/paragraphs/rhyming/auditory instructions)
  • Speech (word repetition, picture naming, reading aloud)
  • Semantics (written & spoken)
  • Spelling (picture naming, copying, anagrams, auditory naming)
  • Reading (picture-word matching, reading comprehension, written lexical decision making)
  • Attention
  • Visual processing
  • Time telling
  • Map reading
  • Cognitive function
  • Problem solving
  • Planning
  • Reading & understanding numbers

There are 2 versions of the therapy app - a client version & a clinician version.  The clinician version is free. The client version requires a yearly subscription.

 

Supplier: Constant

 

Aphasia Summary

Exercises to work on all areas of language, but also attention, planning and problem solving within everyday situations

Platforms
Price
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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Exercises to work on all areas of language but also attention, planning, problem solving within everyday situations

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

Lexico cognition

SLT Summary

Type of exercises & brief description    

  • Auditory memory and basic sequencing with adjectives.
  • Can also be used for reading comprehension of adjectives and position.
  • A verbal and/or written description is given (e.g. the red one is bigger than the green one), user must select the corresponding picture from a choice of 12.
  • 60 items in total

Error handling: None

Prompts/cues: None

Comments/N.B

  • American accent
Aphasia Summary

Exercises for listen & remember or read and remember

Basic sequencing with describing words

A spoken and/or written description is given (e.g. the red one is bigger than the green one), you must select the correct picture from a choice of 12

Platforms
Language
Evaluation
Price
Area Targeted
Level
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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Exercises for listen & remember or read and remember

Listen to or read describing words

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

React2 Auditory Processing Module

SLT Summary

Type of exercises:

  • Listening exercises from pre-word level up to conversation level
  • Auditory discrimination (pre-word)
  • Understanding words
  • Understanding sentences
  • Understanding conversations

Developed with SLT: Yes

Theory based: Based on SLT experience

Record own speaking attempts:N/A

Customisation/personalisation:No

Error handling:None

Prompts/cues given:None

Free trial:Yes

Support:Free lifetime technical support via phone, email or online livechat

Comments:

  • No reading required at all, purely listening exercises
  • The module covers a huge ability range.
  • Each area covered has many sub sections and up to 7 levels within those subsections.
  • The conversation level exercises also work on auditory memory to some degree
  • This program can be purchased as a monthly subscription which gives access to all the React2.com modules. This may work out cheaper than purchasing the stand alone module, depending on how long it is needed for. A stand alone, offline version exists for those without internet access.
  • Requires use of a mouse only

Supplier: React

 

Aphasia Summary

Type of exercises:

  • Listening exercises :
  • letters
  • words
  • sentences
  • conversations

Use your own words? No

Help given: None

Free trial:Yes

Support:Free
 
Comments:

  • Easy to very difficult exercises
  • Can buy by module or by monthly subscription
Price
Area Targeted
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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Listening exercises, from pre-word to conversation level.

This is not an app but it behaves like one

NB: the price guide is for a monthly subscription, not a one-off purchase

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

Parrot Cognitive Reasoning Module

SLT Summary

Type of exercises:

  • Category discrimination & reasoning (semantics)
  • Category naming & completion (semantics)
  • Cause & effect (what would happen if…)
  • Conditional statements (if X then Y…)
  • Deductive reasoning (semantics)
  • Form & function (semantics)
  • Inferential naming (semantics)
  • Logical thinking
  • Problem solving (pragmatics)
  • Reasons why (pragmatics)
  • Situation Reasoning (pragmatics)
  • Things in common (semantics)

Access: Mouse for all exercises except inferential naming which also requires keyboard

Developed with SLT: Yes

Theory based: No, based on clinician experience

Record own speaking attempts: N/A

Correction of own speaking attempts: N/A

Easy to use? No. The user must click on an answer, then click again to input their answer and then click again to move onto the next question.

The internet subscription exercises are very slow to accept the answer making multiple activations possible and therefore potentially confusing.

Customisation/personalisation: No

Error handling: None

Prompts/cues given: None

Tutorials: Yes

Free trial: Yes but not the complete program

Support: Via Livechat. The suppliers can also log onto the user’s computer. Support takes place 9am-5pm New York time

Comments:

  • The online subscription allows access to all the modules available so as the user progresses they don’t need to purchase new modules. It feels like an app when downloaded on an ipad
  • The CD version has more functions than the internet subscription version
  • A download version exists for $19.95 per program but works only on Windows, not mac
  • The pragmatics exercises are aimed at ‘what if’ scenarios
  • Remote access to results is possible as long as the SLT has the user’s login & password.

N.B:
    US terminology
    Voice is American and computer generated
    Need single word/simple sentence level reading or good auditory comprehension to complete the tasks
    US terminology & vocabulary
    No visual rewards for correct answers
 

Aphasia Summary

Type of exercises:

  • Putting things in categories
  • What happens if…
  • If…then…
  • Word meanings
  • Problem solving
  • Reasons why

Access: Mouse (for all exercises except inferential naming which also requires keyboard)

Can use own words?: No

Help given: No

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free

Comments:

  • Online subscription allows access to ALL modules so as you improve, you don’t need to buy new modules
  • The CD version has more functions than the internet version
  • Speech and Language Therapist can access results on your computer via the internet

N.B:
    American words
    American, computer voice
    Need good reading or good listening
 

Price
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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Exercises on problem solving, word meanings and categorising

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

Direction Following Outloud

SLT Summary

Type of exercises:

  • Following verbal instructions to place shapes. 1-3 step instructions.
  • Also sequencing exercises with shapes and auditory memory to a degree

Developed with SLT: Yes

Theory based: No

Record own speaking attempts: N/A

Correction of own speaking attempts: N/A

Customisation/personalisation: No

Error handling: Yes. Tells user they have made a mistake, states the shape they have chosen and then the shape they need to choose to complete the task

Prompts/cues given: Yes. Verbal directions in addition to written directions.

Tutorials: No

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free lifetime technical support via phone, email or online livechat

Comments:

  • More for work on prepositions and sequencing than direction following
  • Can change colours to aid visual difficulties
  • In the sequencing tasks, the person is also working on their auditory memory

N.B:
    Need very good sentence level reading
    American accent
 

Aphasia Summary

Type of exercises:

  • Following spoken instructions
  • put things in front of/behind
  • putting things in order

Can use own words?: No

Help given: Yes

Record results: Yes

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free

Comments:

  • Can change colours for people with visual difficulties
  • Also works on memory

N.B:
    Need very good reading
    American accent
 

Platforms
Language
Type of Software
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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Exercises for listening to instructions

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

React2 Memory & Sequencing Module

SLT Summary

Type of exercises:

  • Auditory memory &sequencing exercises.
  • Remembering 2-5 objects from a spoken list either in order (sequencing) or not

Developed with SLT: Yes

Theory based: Based on SLT experience

Record own speaking attempts: N/A

Correction of own speaking attempts: N/A

Customisation/personalisation: No

Error handling: None

Prompts/cues given: None

Tutorials: Yes

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free lifetime technical support via phone, email or online livechat

N.B:
    160 exercises in total
    Covers auditory memory only
    Not working on instructions or multi-step instructions, purely remembering objects
    British accent

This program can be purchased as a monthly subscription which gives access to all the React2.com modules. This may work out cheaper than purchasing the stand alone module, depending on how long it is needed for. A stand alone, offline version exists for those without internet access.

Supplier: React


 

Aphasia Summary

Type of exercises:

  • Remembering 2-5 objects from a spoken list
  • Remembering objects in the right order
  • Can use own words?: No

Help given: None



Free trial: Yes



Support: Free



N.B:

  Not working on instructions or multi-step instructions, just remembering objects

  British accent

Price
Area Targeted
Easy to use independently
Number of exercises
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Remembering and sequencing exercises

This is not an app but behaves like one.

NB: the price guide is for a monthly subscription, not a one-off purchase

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