VASTtx - Therapy Samples
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Device modifier
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Product Description:
VASTtx – Therapy Samples is an app containing therapy videos that provide simultaneous visual and auditory input of precise oral movements, from professionally trained models, which have been recorded at a rate, rhythm, and precision level that allows individuals with significant Broca’s type aphasia or Apraxia to simultaneously produce oral movements for connected speech. The app allows a person to use their Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to facilitate oral motor skills development.
Main Features:
- Detailed and extensive VAST Program guidelines and tutorials.
- Developed from over three years of clinical trials by multiple speech-language pathologists (SLPs).
- Provides a selection of VAST videos which illustrate simultaneous visual and auditory input of precise oral movements.
- The app is divided into two sections:
- BUILDING SPEECH – designed to help an individual both master the technique and build motor speech learning. In this section, you will find a progression of videos that take the user from Basic speech patterns to full sentences.
- USING SPEECH – contains a selection of connected speech videos that can be practiced, once the technique is learned, and used functionally. These videos may also give users ideas for using VAST videos in common functional situations.
- The user has the option to display written text on the screen for videos in the USING SPEECH section.
- Features a tutorial video and "mirror" feature that promotes oral motor sequencing and self-monitoring by showing the user's movements on the device's screen.
Primary Specifications:
- For use with the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad.
- Requires Apple iOS 3.1.3 or later.