App can’t hear
This app doesn’t ask permission to use the microphone so it can’t hear responses.
Ok, could be better
The presentation of words is very slow which is fine for some but I expect many kids will get impatient. It would be nice if the time between words could be adjusted by the therapist. Love the idea though!
Perfect for my older articulation students
I use this with 3rd grade & up and it is fun and challenging! I have all of your apps and use them to provide a variety of ways to practice artic which leads to increased motivation and participation! Thanks for your creative apps!
-Mandi Panda Speech
-Mandi Panda Speech
Excellent
This is a superb app! I am always looking for fun ways to engage my middle schoolers in drill work and this app does just that. It is an affordable, creative app that is so entertaining, my clients forget they are "working". I love all of Erik's apps. Can't wait to see what's next. Well worth the money! Do yourself a therapy favor and get it, you will be glad you did.
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Perseverance is a result of this app
Listen Close has become a favorite among the kiddos (especially boys) working on /s, z, r, l, j, sh, ch and th/. The kids love to beat their high score which allows them to really concentrate on their productions and the sequencing of words. The app allows the kiddo or the teacher/therapist to choose the target words for play; I like to practice all the words on the cards prior to play for both a warm up session and for appropriate word choices based on productions during practice. Great options for choosing initial, medial, final or a combination (mixed) of the phoneme. Suggestions for the developer for future updates to make a great app even greater would be to track the production success/error. In the meantime it’s perfectly fine to take data on correct and incorrect productions for tracking progress. I give this a thumbs up and so do the kiddos that use it….they don’t want speech time to come to an end because they are so focused on their words!
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Disappointed
Need to be able to level the words. Faces just stay the same. If I have kids that can remember the targeted words, they should be working on production in more sustained conversation attempts. Not at all engaging for younger kids. A waste of my money.
Another Great App!
My upper elementary students love the challenge of Listen Close. Sadly, many of them don't know the game Simon on which this is based, but they catch on quickly. This is a fun an engaging way to get lots of productions at the word level. I wish an option for rating productions was included. That would make it a five star app. Very happy with this purchase.
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