BITS Lab vs Speech Tutor Pro

Many children, adolescents, and adults struggle to eliminate speech errors affecting the American English 'r' sound. Research suggests that these errors can in some cases be eliminated through biofeedback, where learners view a dynamic visual image of their speech and attempt to match a target representing correct production. staRt ("Speech Therapist's App for /r/ Treatment") aims to make biofeedback treatment for /r/ widely accessible to practicing speech-language pathologists. Features: - Tutorial explaining how to interpret and use the biofeedback display - "Free play" mode where users match their real-time visual-acoustic display to a target representing correct production of ‘r’ - "Quest" mode presenting syllables/words for 'r' practice; complexity increases or decreases in an adaptive fashion based on recent performance - "Quiz" mode for use in measuring baseline performance and tracking progress - Visual rewards reinforcing improvements in performance - Clinician dashboard tracking progress over the course of treatment

Speech Tutor Pro is the culmination of nearly a decade's worth of work designing apps for speech therapy. This app brings together the content from 5 of the most well-known apps in the industry and combines them in one easy to use app. Content and features in this app are listed below. Two Articulation Screeners Speech Tutor Pro comes with two different, easy-to-use screeners. A "SLP Friendly" screener and a "Parent Friendly." These screeners reveal which sounds children should have acquired by particular ages SLP Friendly - Easily screen sounds at the beginning and end of words. - SLPs can also tap a button that conveniently lists phonological processes heard during the screening. - Write notes during the screening Parent Friendly - Screen for the major sounds targeted by speech-language pathologists - Write notes during the screening - Questions guide parents for identifying phonological processes Articulation Decks - 33 phoneme decks (Levels: Word, Phrase, Sentence; Positions: Initial, Medial, Final) - 36 minimal pair decks - Nearly 5000 different cards -Use minimal pair decks and phoneme decks at the same time -See multiple clients at a time -"Kid Friendly" mode and "Clean" mode for older clients - Detailed data tracking with line graphs, bar graphs, and word charts to send home for practice - Record videos and save them to client profiles to view progress - View articulation videos during sessions to help with placement - Add/Remove decks during a session Decks included sm, sn, st, sp, sk, sl, s, z, f, v, sh, th, ch, j, l, blends m, n, ing, p, b, t, d, k, g, r, er, or, ar, rl, ear, ire, Cluster Reduction (choose all, L, R, S), Deaffrication (Choose all, Ch, J), Deletion of Final Consonants (Choose all, ch/j, f/v/, k/g, p/b, s/z, t/d, m, n, ing, Final Devoicing, Fronting (choose all, sh, ch/j, velars), Gliding(choose all, L, R), Prevocalic Voicing, Stopping of Fricatives (choose all, ch/j, f/v, s/z, sh, th, Stridency Deletion Articulation Videos (52 Videos in all) - Front and side views - Slow, medium, fast speeds, and pause - Palate views - Information on the ages sounds should be acquired - Tips on how to elicit the sounds - Camera view so clients can watch as they produce sounds - Record/playback video and save to client profiles Videos show the following sound productions: R (bunched), R (retroflex), L, sh, ch, j, s, z, f, v, th (voiced), th (voiceless), p, b, t, d, k, g, m, n, ing, i , æ, a, u