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Speech Pacesetter

Speech Pacing Therapy

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Speech Pacesetter

Help people with dysarthria to slow down rate of speech and improve speech clarity with the help of speed-adjustable visual cues.

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Speech Pacing Therapy with Visual & Sound Cues

  • Designed specifically for people who have dysarthria due to Stroke, Brain injury, acquired stuttering, Parkinson’s Disease or other neurological condition

  • Allows the person with dysarthria to choose a text and slow down their rate of speech with the help of a speed-adjustable visual cue

  • The person with dysarthria may choose to have the visual cue for each syllable or each word and reads the syllable or word aloud as the visual cue appears

  • A metronome sound cue may also be added 

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Dysarthria Treatment Exercises: A Variety of Reading Materials

  • Speech Pacesetter includes a variety of reading texts for dysarthria treatment

  • It includes a selection of in-built phonemically-balanced reading passages, classic poems, stories and tongue twisters for lots of speech pacing practice 

  • It also allows you to add and save your own reading texts so you can personalise your speech pacing practice 

HOW

to use Speech Pacesetter

  • Choose a reading passage

  • Select a visual cue for each syllable or each word 

  • Read the text aloud in unison with the visual cue

  • Adjust the speed of the visual cue

  • Choose an additional metronome sound cue if you wish

  • Add your own custom reading passages 

Speech Pacesetter by Aptus Speech Therap

WHAT

others say about Speech Pacesetter

Mike Richards

Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist, Bristol, UK

This affordable app brings a novel way of carrying out pacing therapy for adult speech and language therapists." 

Carla C

CCC-SLP, iSpeak app blog

"We love the app, and in all its simplicity, it is designed to make reading passages easier to read by a metronome along with visual cues." 

Kathy Cann

Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist, Durham & Darlington, UK

Speech Pacesetter helps practice slowing down speech rate whilst reading out loud. I really like Speech Pacesetter. It is easy to use and produces good outcomes for service users. I would definitely recommend it as a tool for your speech and language kit.

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Find out more about speech pacing in dysarthria treatment and what inspired the making of Speech Pacesetter by reading the story behind the app. 

Speech Pacing : The Speech Pacesetter St
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