Vowels Front Back vs My Articulation

The Speech Articulation: Vowels Front/Back app authored by Fred D. Minifie, Ph.D, provides valuable instructional/clinical tools for speech-language pathologists, otolaryngologists, speech scientists, linguists, teachers of singing and other professionals. The app includes five front and five back vowel dynamic animations with sound plus a key view for each of the tongue shape and placement for the structural movements involved in the production of the vowels of American English. Disclaimer: seek a doctor’s advice in addition to using this app and before making any medical decisions. • Anatomy ID: as each part is touched, the part highlights and the part name and description text changes. Description text shows or hides on demand. Description text shows or hides on demand. - Anatomy view - 26 parts, includes nose, mouth and throat structure ID. Zoom and pans. • Highlight View: key view of the tongue shape and placement for five front and five back vowels of American English. - Front: /i/, /ɪ/, /e/, /ε/, /æ/ Back: /α/, /כ/, /o/, /υ/, /u/ • Animations: each vowel shows a lateral view of dynamic movements of the jaw, lips, tongue, velum (soft palate), and larynx needed for proper articulation of that vowel. Audio for each vowel sound is synchronized with the dynamic animations. Anatomy animations included. • Two finger pan of all animations and key animation pages. • Drawing Whiteboard feature: - Drawing: freeform lines in red, blue, green or black hue. - Draw and text directly on active animation and video. - Text: 36pt, auto wrap, non-movable in red, blue, green or black hue. - Eraser: touch and rub lines and text on whiteboard to erase. - Trash: one tap deletes all whiteboard lines and text. - Screenshot whiteboard direct to Photos App for easy email and printing. • iOS 6.0+ required, designed for iPad and iPhone. The Speech Articulation: Vowels Front/Back app makes learning otitis media ear disorders easy. See example screen shots below. Get the app today!

"This is an absolute Must Have app for practicing the K sound. Everything you need is included. Plus the kids have so much fun using it!" "Adorable and effective! My 4-year-old student was enchanted with it." My Articulation: Initial K is a fun, engaging, and effective articulation app. My Articulation was developed and designed by a certified speech-language pathologist and incorporates evidence-based practices, including carefully chosen practice words, auditory bombardment, and a strong focus on phonological awareness. The Initial K app includes: - an interactive story - target word cards (with modeling at the phoneme and word level) - auditory bombardment - 3 separate games with a phonological awareness component - the language concept of object/function is also included