Aphasia Therapy

Effective, easy to use software programs for aphasia therapy, independently or with your speech therapist.

Thousands of patients and speech therapists have used the Bungalow aphasia software since 1995 with tremendous success. Patients often use this software independently (in home or clinic), which motivates them and gives them more opportunities for therapy. You can even try a fully-functional version from Bungalow's trial CD or download a free trial. Helen Talley's story (below) is typical of the successes.

How the software works

There are a variety of programs for different types of aphasia. They use the same methods that a speech therapist would use, such as showing the patient a picture, word, sentence, etc., and letting them respond, then evaluating their answer and giving hints and suggestions as needed.

This is not simply "grading software" the tells the patient how well they are doing. This interactive-software moves beyond that to actually give the patient just the right amount of feedback so they can work independently at the limit of their ability, and thus make greater improvements. We call this making the brain "sweat". Just like a physical workout at the gym, we want to really exercise the speech center of the brain. [More info on how the software works]

Wilson Talley

Stroke Survivor

“Easier and more productive

Thank you for all of the support you have given us and others. It's been a difficult two and a half years, but with people like you assisting it has made life easier and productive.
Quote above from Helen's letter to us. Helen was also interviewed by another caregiver.

Helen Talley (wife & caregiver)

The two most common categories of aphasia are Expressive and Receptive:

Expressive Aphasia usually manifests as difficulty naming pictures or objects, in writing and/or speech. If you ask the patient to name objects you point to, they probably can't name all of them (without assistance), but can often repeat back if you say the word first. If they can not repeat the word they may find an articulation therapy program helpful.

Expressive Aphasia Software:

Aphasia Tutor 1: Words or the Out Loud version work on comprehension of letters and words, including picture-naming.
Aphasia Tutor 2: Sentences, or the Out Loud version which speaks. More challenging version of Aphasia Tutor 1. These programs work on phrase and sentence completion tasks for word retrieval.
Sights'n Sounds 1 - for spoken word retrieval (aphasia) and articulation.
Sights'n Sounds 2 - for speaking sentences aloud, i.e., spoken word retrieval (aphasia) at the sentence level.
Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms - for higher level word retrieval (more challenging than the above programs)

Receptive aphasia usually involves difficulty comprehending ("receiving") language: Comprehending what they read and what is said to them.

Receptive Aphasia Software

Reading comprehension

Sentence to multi-paragraph level stories
Paragraph level functional reading (recipes, T.V. guide, schedules, etc.)
Categories and word relationships

Auditory comprehension

Understanding Questions Out Loud (Deluxe)
Direction Following Out Loud

How it helps...
in home therapy	in the clinic