VAST Songs: Autism & Apraxia Hack 3.0.1 + Redeem Codes
Video Assisted Speech Therapy
Developer: iTherapy
Category: Education
Price: $4.99 (Download for free)
Version: 3.0.1
ID: com.speakinmotion.songs.intro1
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Description
VAST-Songs delivers an innovative set of features that integrate video modeling with music to support speech therapy - provides a set of 21 song performances targeting music therapy for both children and adults.
Singing has been used as an accepted treatment technique in speech therapy for many years. It’s also well known that music stimulates several different areas of the brain. Multiple research studies have shown that stimulating different areas of the brain results in improved speech production. Singing in unison with a visual model has also been demonstrated to have a positive effect on speech production when using familiar songs.
VAST-Songs supplements the accepted use of singing in speech therapy by providing extra cueing: simultaneously hearing the song while following the oral movements. The application was designed to accommodate and then challenge individuals with speech production or fluency problems.
-Provides maximum auditory cuing through 4 layered audio tracks:
- Vocal melody, piano melody, rhythmic piano accompaniment, and a metronome.
-Audio support can be gradually decreased, promoting user independence
-Adjustable tempo of the songs – start at a pace that suits the user’s capabilities and increase over time
- Captions can be turned on to support literacy or off if distracting.
-User-adjusted settings are saved for each song
-A Mirror function (for devices with front-facing camera) to self-monitor and self-model.
-Written and video-based tutorials
This app represents a collaborative effort between the music and speech therapy professions:
-Vocals were performed by Neurologic Music Therapist, Jenni Rook, MT-BC, LPC – Clinical Director for Music Institute of Chicago’s Institute for Therapy through the Arts.
-Speech-Language Pathologist, Darlene S. Williamson, MA, CCC-SLP is an Apraxia expert with 30+yrs of professional experience and 3+yrs of experience using and developing the VAST program in a clinical environment.
- Speech-Pathologist and Autism Specialist Lois Jean Brady who is conducting research for the NIH using VAST techniques to improve motor speech for autism and apraxia.
If you’re willing to offer any feedback or have any other input surrounding VAST-Songs, please contact us at VASTSpeech.com
Singing has been used as an accepted treatment technique in speech therapy for many years. It’s also well known that music stimulates several different areas of the brain. Multiple research studies have shown that stimulating different areas of the brain results in improved speech production. Singing in unison with a visual model has also been demonstrated to have a positive effect on speech production when using familiar songs.
VAST-Songs supplements the accepted use of singing in speech therapy by providing extra cueing: simultaneously hearing the song while following the oral movements. The application was designed to accommodate and then challenge individuals with speech production or fluency problems.
-Provides maximum auditory cuing through 4 layered audio tracks:
- Vocal melody, piano melody, rhythmic piano accompaniment, and a metronome.
-Audio support can be gradually decreased, promoting user independence
-Adjustable tempo of the songs – start at a pace that suits the user’s capabilities and increase over time
- Captions can be turned on to support literacy or off if distracting.
-User-adjusted settings are saved for each song
-A Mirror function (for devices with front-facing camera) to self-monitor and self-model.
-Written and video-based tutorials
This app represents a collaborative effort between the music and speech therapy professions:
-Vocals were performed by Neurologic Music Therapist, Jenni Rook, MT-BC, LPC – Clinical Director for Music Institute of Chicago’s Institute for Therapy through the Arts.
-Speech-Language Pathologist, Darlene S. Williamson, MA, CCC-SLP is an Apraxia expert with 30+yrs of professional experience and 3+yrs of experience using and developing the VAST program in a clinical environment.
- Speech-Pathologist and Autism Specialist Lois Jean Brady who is conducting research for the NIH using VAST techniques to improve motor speech for autism and apraxia.
If you’re willing to offer any feedback or have any other input surrounding VAST-Songs, please contact us at VASTSpeech.com
Version history
3.0.1
2020-05-25
VAST is back!
New features include a video/mirror feature to promote self-monitoring and self-modeling.
Use VAST with virtual reality goggles. This reduces the unwanted visual and auditory distractions and boosts the crucial motor planning information needed to produce speech.
Special "Welcome Back" price of $4.99 through June 2020
New features include a video/mirror feature to promote self-monitoring and self-modeling.
Use VAST with virtual reality goggles. This reduces the unwanted visual and auditory distractions and boosts the crucial motor planning information needed to produce speech.
Special "Welcome Back" price of $4.99 through June 2020
3.0
2020-05-22
VAST is back!
New features include a video/mirror feature to promote self-monitoring and self-modeling.
Use VAST with virtual reality goggles. This reduces the unwanted visual and auditory distractions and boosts the crucial motor planning information needed to produce speech.
Special "Welcome Back" price of $4.99 through June 2020
New features include a video/mirror feature to promote self-monitoring and self-modeling.
Use VAST with virtual reality goggles. This reduces the unwanted visual and auditory distractions and boosts the crucial motor planning information needed to produce speech.
Special "Welcome Back" price of $4.99 through June 2020
2.1
2013-10-13
Updates to support iOS7 - most importantly, fixing the iOS7 bug that prevented the audio from playing and the audio track from being adjusted.
2.0
2012-11-17
Version 2.0 represents significant progress in combining VAST videos with principles of music therapy:
-Musical tracks have been added to a new set of videos
-Tempo can now be adjusted
-2 new songs
-New vocal/mouth model - Neurologic Music Therapist, Jenni Rook, MT-BC, LPC of Music Institute of Chicago’s Institute for Therapy through the Arts
-Easy toggling of text subtitles
-Remembers your settings for each video
-New instructional material
-Old songs preserved for existing users
-Musical tracks have been added to a new set of videos
-Tempo can now be adjusted
-2 new songs
-New vocal/mouth model - Neurologic Music Therapist, Jenni Rook, MT-BC, LPC of Music Institute of Chicago’s Institute for Therapy through the Arts
-Easy toggling of text subtitles
-Remembers your settings for each video
-New instructional material
-Old songs preserved for existing users
1.0
2011-06-13
Ways to hack VAST Songs: Autism & Apraxia
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Ratings
4 out of 5
3 Ratings
Reviews
crismanila,
Please update
Love this app and use it regularly with my apraxia patients; however, recently it stopped working in my latest iOS software update. Please update this incredible app so we can start using it again.
CherylLO,
Great app, but....
Please have male singer do songs again as T, D, N are made with tongue too far forward. K and G are not quite right either, for same reason. Otherwise, awesome app!!!!!
Kate89764346,
Music therapy intern
Not only a great app for clients, but very helpful in making sure I pronounce and model sounds correctly! The four tracks are incredibly useful, as is the tempo change. Great intro and explanation of the app, including some NMT background that is understandable by laymen. Nice job!
Lady Garette,
Great app revisions
I would like to ammend the comment about not having lyrics available or adjusting the tempo. I did not see that you can add the lyrics and adjust the tempo, which is very helpful!
Frances Amato,
Amazing
Wonderful app for working on students speech and language in a school and home setting!
Spar_26,
Awsome
Loooove this app. My daughter is absolutely addicted to it. It has encouraged her to use the iPad and to be better with her pointer finger. Great app.
slpsasd,
Slp
This is not how I want my students to produce the /r/! I would not recommend this for Midwest speakers.
