"SpeechLeader" is a new hardware and software product Linguistic Correction Center, which replaces
the work of a speech therapist, improving the quality of speech in children aged 3 to
12 years, and in adults whose speech needs correcting. This
program has no equivalent in world practice. The therapy can be taken at home
or at the center, with a parent or alone - whatever suits the child and
the parents.
Who this program is for:
- for children with any pronunciation defects
(dysarthria, motor alalia, dyslexia)
- who understand speech poorly (with impaired phonemic hearing) or
recovering after the first high-frequency correction programs
- with developmental delay
outward speech (the child says little,
one word at a time)
- with difficulty in
in learning writing and reading aloud
- for children who have fear
in communication, tension, imprecision in putting thoughts into words
- with disorders of memory and
attention
- for typically developing children of all ages to improve the quality of speech and
of the number of words used.
- for children who stammer
- for typically developing children for learning a second language (Russian
or Ukrainian) or of a foreign language (the program comes in several
language versions)
- for adults whose speech needs correcting
How the program works:
the child, once or twice a day,
for 15-20 minutes a day looks at bright pictures with sound and hears how each
is called. And not just hears it, but
in special headphones. The task: repeat after the speaker correctly.
The child repeats a word or phrase into the microphone and after a pause hears
themselves. That lets them correct their own speech. And using special
bone conduction headphones makes it possible to do this
quickly, acting directly on the speech areas.
So there is stimulation of both
restoring the full speech cycle: I see - I hear it correctly - I repeat -
I hear myself, and the brain starts correcting the speech by itself. Also, by using different
pictures (37 topics) we widen the child's vocabulary.
What are the results?
- fast correction of
speech defects
- widening the vocabulary
vocabulary
- releasing speech blocks -
speech begins to flow
- development of auditory-verbal
memory and attention
- better understanding of speech,
because speech is taken in by ear quickly
- reducing or completely removing
recovery in stammering (depending on the type)
- fast learning of new
words in another language (for the "SpeechLeader - second language" program)
And thanks to the stimulation of
bone conduction headphones this process goes almost in THREE WEEKS of stimulation, although
the main results - as mothers already know - come 1.5 months after the end of
the course.
How it works
Sound reaches the brain by two channels - the outer, airborne one, and
and the inner, bone one. In SpeechLeader, thanks to special headphones - used for stimulating both of these channels at once.
Several areas of the brain in both
hemispheres take part in speech, as does the structure between them, the corpus callosum. In the program the sound
goes through the full cycle, stimulating all these areas. They begin to work as
a single whole, and the quality of speech improves quickly. This happens in
largely thanks to bone conduction headphones, and the vibration from them, through the bones of the skull, directly
reaches the speech areas (10 times faster than through ordinary headphones) and, in the extended therapy, thanks to the use of "the vibrophones". So
the program can be used with minimal speech activity - in children with
1.5 years, with no upper age limit. For each age there is
there is a level of the program of its own.
The program «SpeechLeader» is protected by copyright and is in the final stage
of patent registration.
Cost
Price of the program SpeechLeader® on 37 topics that vary, with visual stimulation - 21,000UAH or $500 (at the National Bank rate on the day of purchase)
At
present the method has no equivalent anywhere in the world. The only method
that partly repeats its functionality - the Forbrain® method, promoted by
the site of the same name www.forbrain.com and
and its capabilities are greatly simplified and limited.
The
table sets out the main differences between the Forbrain® method and
of comparable functionality (equipment plus program) SpeechLeader®:
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Forbrain®
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SpeechLeader®
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The option of
change the delay before the sound is played back
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The delay
is very small (a limitation of the hardware) and cannot be changed.
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In
from 1 to 5 seconds, depending on the patient's condition and the strength of
stimulation.
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How the returned sound is delivered
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Used
bone conduction only
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Both bone conduction and air conduction are used
conduction. When using the vibrophones the tactile channel is engaged as well.
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The areas of the brain stimulated directly by the bone conduction drivers
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The bone conduction drivers sit far from the areas that stimulate the speech centres. The nearest such area is Broca's area
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The design of the headphones makes it possible to focus both on stimulating Broca's area, and on stimulating Wernicke's area.
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Redistribution of the strength of stimulation according to which hemisphere is dominant (taking right- and left-handedness into account and adjusting for it).
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The dominant hemisphere is not taken into account
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The strength of stimulation is distributed according to which hemisphere is dominant.
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The option of
running Tomatis® or High-Frequency® therapy in parallel
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No
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Possible
running High-Frequency Therapy® at the same time.
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Degree
mobility while the therapy is given
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High
mobility. The device is very compact.
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Low
degree of mobility, because a computer or laptop is required.
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Area
of use
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First,
stimulation of mental activity.
Second,
a slight stimulation of linguistic ability.
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First,
stimulation of linguistic ability.
Second,
stimulation of mental activity.
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Headphone position on the head for stimulating Wernicke's area:
Headphone position on the head for stimulating Broca's area:
Patents and certificates:
