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LocuTour products are designed by Speech-Language Pathologists with many years of experience working with children and adults with speech and attention issues. The speech programs use colorful pictures or graphics to grab the attention of clients. There are no extraneous noises or “rewards” to distract the client. The most important part of the software is the built-in voice recorder. Clients can hear their own voice, compare it to our production, and hear the difference. An important benefit for children is that they can practice without pressure from peers or teachers and quickly become adept at fixing their own speech. The attention programs are based on the literature of brain plasticity. They have progressive levels of difficulty that the client works through. The objective is to master the task (86% correct rate) then improve speed of processing. Most of the exercises focus on one or two aspects of attention at a time: Immediate; Focused or Selective; Sustained or Vigilance; Divided; Alternating; and Spatial. Our language programs are geared toward young children. Many of them include an attention component and a memory component in the exercises. The links on the left have more information on LocuTour products. There are lots of pictures on each page so click on the Text Only View if you have dial-up. Our speech titles consist of the Articulation series, the Phonology series, and Artic Games and More. Articulation I: Consonant Phonemes contains 1,320 words with the target phoneme in the initial, medial, and final positions. The words are grouped by voiced/voiceless phoneme pairs into eleven categories on two CDs. Articulation II: Consonant Clusters contains 766 words that have a consonant combination in the initial, medial, or final position. Articulation III: Vowels + R and R Clusters provide attention grabbing stimuli for your clients who have difficulty articulating /r/. Phonology I and Phonology II are based on Hodson and Paden's phonological approach to remediating unintelligible speech. The goal is to elicit a large number of productions and provide interesting auditory bombardment sessions. Target patterns are: final consonants; initial consonants; initial S clusters; initial L and R clusters; and two and three syllable words. Both CDs use the same word lists. Phonology I has three “work” exercises and three “application” exercises. Phonology II has six exercises that are more game-like than work. Because they are aimed at young children they use simple colorful drawings as stimuli. Artic Games and More is an extremely flexible program that allows you to tailor each session for the needs of your client. Start by choosing a focus: Articulation, Phonology, Content, or It’s a... The focus area determines word choice and how the words are presented. The Articulation focus is similar to the presentation in the Articulation series. Words are presented with words, phrases, sounds, and sentences as stimuli. Unlike the Artic series, there are five more exercises that allow practice of the words in different contexts.

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