Smart Oral Motor Hack 3.1 + Redeem Codes
Oral Motor Activities
Developer: Smarty Ears
Category: Education
Price: $5.99 (Download for free)
Version: 3.1
ID: smartyears.smartoralmotor
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Description
"We have used this app with children between the ages of 5 and 10 with diagnoses of apraxia, articulation disorders and autism. The children we have used the app with were more willing to complete the oral motor exercise routine when using the app versus just following the Speech Therapist's instructions." Bridging Apps.com
Oral motor skills refer to the skills needed for basic functions such as eating and speaking. The muscles in the mouth, jaw, lips and tongue are responsible for smiling, facial expressions, and even swallowing. We know that in order to practice these skills effectively, children need to follow basic directions involving movements of the muscles in their mouths.
Children with Apraxia of Speech, Down syndrome or craniofacial anomalies many times experience difficulties with their oral motor skills.
Smart Oral Motor is a fun and engaging application for children who need a little more entertaining when practicing their oral motor skills. Clever, the duck, provides auditory and visual cues for practicing several oral motor exercises such as:
-Puckering lips
-Making an “o” with the mouth
-Sending a kiss
-Moving tongue to sides
-Puffing cheeks
-Touching cheeks using the tongue
-Moving the tongue up and down
This application includes a total of 15 oral motor exercises, auditory information and fun animations. Parents and therapists have the ability to adjust the number of repetitions per movement as they please.
This application does not replace the need for a full evaluation by a licensed professional such as an occupational therapist or a speech therapist. Therapists will evaluate and provide full guidance on how to best use this application. If parents are working with their therapists in trying to develop a home program for their child, this can be one very user friendly and engaging resource.
Oral motor skills refer to the skills needed for basic functions such as eating and speaking. The muscles in the mouth, jaw, lips and tongue are responsible for smiling, facial expressions, and even swallowing. We know that in order to practice these skills effectively, children need to follow basic directions involving movements of the muscles in their mouths.
Children with Apraxia of Speech, Down syndrome or craniofacial anomalies many times experience difficulties with their oral motor skills.
Smart Oral Motor is a fun and engaging application for children who need a little more entertaining when practicing their oral motor skills. Clever, the duck, provides auditory and visual cues for practicing several oral motor exercises such as:
-Puckering lips
-Making an “o” with the mouth
-Sending a kiss
-Moving tongue to sides
-Puffing cheeks
-Touching cheeks using the tongue
-Moving the tongue up and down
This application includes a total of 15 oral motor exercises, auditory information and fun animations. Parents and therapists have the ability to adjust the number of repetitions per movement as they please.
This application does not replace the need for a full evaluation by a licensed professional such as an occupational therapist or a speech therapist. Therapists will evaluate and provide full guidance on how to best use this application. If parents are working with their therapists in trying to develop a home program for their child, this can be one very user friendly and engaging resource.
Version history
3.1
2018-12-10
Update for iOS 12
3.0
2017-07-03
We have improved the design of the app buttons and added the star animation.
2.0
2017-02-15
We had improved the app significantly! Now each exercise has a sample of a mouth of the screen.
1.0
2011-02-28
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Ratings
3 out of 5
45 Ratings
Reviews
Twirly Girl1,
I wish I had time to make a good one...
A duck does not have lips, so this app does not really give the child a good visual model. A duck’s bill is naturally round and that makes it difficult to tell the position of the mouth. I was desperate to find an oral motor app for kids and this was disappointing. Not only do I not like the duck, the duck performs the exercise once and then pops off the screen. It needs to repeat until the child has joined in and the therapist taps it off. My kids watch it and don’t join it b/c it disappears AFTER they know what to do. It was a nice idea, but poorly executed.
shinyd406,
Not interactive, waste of $
This is just a duck and a picture of a mouth making sounds. There is no interaction with the app at all. My non-verbal 5yo looked at it for less than a minute before losing interest.
jenny-0607,
Blank screen
Bought for my grandson, and the app doesn’t even work. When opening up the app it is just a blank white screen.
saraithl,
App doesn’t work anymore
I tried several times and it doesn’t work. It goes blank when you click the app to open it. Please, fix it!
Fraulaura,
Overall a nice tool for iPad speech therapy tools
First of all this Smarty Ears App has a great variety of exercises. I like being able to choose the number of repetitions. With some modifications this useful app could even be easier for to use. It would be nice if the reinforcing collection of stars by the client was more interactive and more rewarding. Additionally I would like to see a close up of the exercises since the duck's little mouth isn't that easy to spot (although they are exagerrated nicely). As far as interactivity, maybe another option could be a simple identification game where the user could identify lips, teeth, gums, etc. on a big duck head. Overall nice addition to my tools. Kids are so drawn to technology.
smarshian,
Engaging
My pediatric patients find this app interesting and rewarding. They are more engaged in the activity than they are when simply following my own example or pictures in a book. They enjoy earning the stars at the top of the screen (however, it disturbs my autistic patient that there seems to be no way to earn a 15th star, an that leaves an empty space in the progress bar. I resolve his concern by giving him an actual star sticker to keep). I'm not a fan of the duck's voice, or of the mysterious brown blob at the left of the scene, however, it doesn't bother the kids, and that's really what it's all about, right?
BlairLH,
Motivating app
I use this app with my students in preschool and elementary school. It is a good warm-up before beginning articulation practice. The interface is simple so even my three year olds can navigate independently. Whether it is the duck or the stars they accrue from completing various oral motor tasks, they are often willing to attempt many oral postures in a short amount of time. This app also provides me with good diagnostic information about their oral motor skills.
Gramswand,
No Sound!
I purchased this for my mother who is currently in the hospital and cannot pass a swallow/evaluation test and come to find out when I got to the hospital to do therapy with her the darn program had NO SOUND! How do I get this fixed? Can anyone help me with this? My mother would enjoy this even though it is for children it is the exact exercises the speech therapist ordered for her to do to strengthen her to where she can eat instead of being fed by a tube. PLEASE HELP!
LeadSLP_45,
Great interactive app for working on Oral Motor skills
I have some of the Super Duper flashcards for Oral motor, but I am so happy I found this app! I use this app and Speech Trainer together to work on Oral Motor Skills with my students. Interesting that someone mentions the Duck, yes I wish it was a different animal; but come on! How come you didn't see that before you bought the app. I highly recommend this app as the ONLY app to work on these skills.
Suzanne Borzilleri,
Makes oral-motor exams easier!
No child really enjoys having peculiar items poke and prod at their face, but with this app, it makes the whole process a lot easier. The kids love the graphics and animations, and I even have them try it on me first to get them engaged and help them understand it won't hurt! Another great app from Smarty Ears :)
