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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Aphasia Soft Ware - Bungalow Software


Aphasia Tutor 1: Words 

Aphasia treatment software that improves recognition and retrieval of letters and words.

Easiest Lesson
Level 1: Letter Matching 


Hardest Lesson
Level 6: Picture Naming

[More Aphasia Tutor pictures]

Program shows the patient a letter, word, or picture and the patient responds by choosing or typing an answer. If the answer is incorrect, program gives the patient helpful hints.

Aphasic patients use it independently, thanks to special features, starting with relearning the alphabet then identifying objects by matching a word to a picture. At the highest levels, patient types the name for everyday things like "apple" or "watch" or "clock".

This program is also available in Spanish.

Contains over 700 exercises in 8 difficulty Levels:
Letter Matching
Shows a letter and patient selects the matching letter from a multiple-choice list. [View]
Letter Copying
Similar to #1, but patient must type answer.[View]
Word Matching
Pick the matching word from several choices. [View]
Word Copying
Higher level version of #2. Practice with basic keyboard operation. [View]
Picture-Word Matching, Nouns 
User must pick the word for the picture. [View]
Picture Naming Nouns, 
Fill-in.Patient identifies the picture by typing it's name. [View]
Picture-Word Matching, Verbs: [View]
Picture Naming, Verbs: Fill-in. [View]

Benefits
Boosts patient self esteem
Unlimited self-paced speech therapy practice.
Practical preparation for "the real world"
Saves speech pathologists' time by automatically tracking progress.

Features

Like all Bungalow programs, Aphasia Tutor 1 provides hints and feedback to help guide the patient to the right answer. Our approach is "Success with as little assistance as needed." The goal is for the patient to do it as independently as possible.
Hints
User can click on the Hints button or press the <control> key on the keyboard to receive a hint in the fill-in-the-blank levels. E.g., if the answer was "Spoon" the hint would be "s_ _ _ _"
Clear feedback for correct/incorrect answers.
Use the mouse or keyboard
Multiple difficulty levels beginning with multiple choice single-letters, all the way to fill-in-the-blank words.
Spanish version
Available in a Spanish version that has the cues and answers in Spanish. Patient would pick a Spanish word for "orange" (naranjo) or type that in as the answer.

Deluxe Version Features

These features are available in the Deluxe and Pro versions of the program.
Get more therapy with extra difficulty options. Show the first letter of the answer or reduce the number of choices to make the program easier, or give fewer hints to make it harder. 

Motivate the patient by showing them how well they're doing with automatic progress tracking which saves the results of each session are saved, to a file. You can print this or copy it into other documentation. Limited to a single patient. For unlimited patients, see Pro version 

Make faster progress with repetition practice.
Repeat the first 20 questions 5 times, or repeat as many questions as you like as many times as you like. You can also control the length of the lesson without repetition, such as having a 25 exercise lesson. (Bungalow programs have so many exercises we've found that even one lesson can be too much for a patient to do in one sitting. 

Do memory training. You can set the program to display the cue to display temporarily or until they press any key. Then the cue disappears, and the question appears.

Appropriate for:
Word retrieval (aphasia)
Letter recognition
Word recognition
Written naming (anomia)
Visual scanning
Typing
Reading

"Aphasia Tutor's multiple difficulty levels and feedback ensure success...The patient never walks away from the program discouraged."

Candace Gordon, Speech Therapist, Clinic Supervisor, Portland State Speech and Science Program.

"We found a level for every patient we tried Aphasia Tutor with."

Peggy S., Speech-Language Pathologist, Duluth, MN

Easier and more productive

"Thank you for all the support....people like you made life much easier."

Helen Talley, caregiver
Read Helen's letter.


Does the patient need to hear the words and cue?

Try Aphasia Tutor 1+: Words Out Loud
It has all the features of the regular Aphasia Tutor 1 and it also speaks the cues and the answers.
[click here for more info]


Professional Version Features

Pro version has all the features of the Deluxe (above) plus it:
Tracks progress for each patient
Makes paperwork a breeze! You just open the patient's Bungalow file and paste in their scores (results) from several sessions to demonstrate progress during therapy.
Automatically remembers settings for each patientSo, when Mr. Jones comes back in for his next visit, you just select Mr. Jones and the program remembers how he did last time, what lesson he was using, and what settings you used for him.
Two Computer license Licensed for 2 PCs at one address (one building) and for multiple patients (users) on each PC. Contact us for discounts on multiple Pro licenses.

Download a free trial or buy a trial CD with all the programs on this website (over 1 million exercises).

Buy programs or view prices on our shopping cart page.

Computer Requirements
Microsoft Windows (Any version from 1998 to present: 98, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7),
32 MB or more memory
About 80 MB Hard Drive space
Color screen (monitor)
Recommended: a Sound Card (which most computers have already. If you have speakers they are plugged into the Sound Card.)