I'm excited to introduce you to a fantastic SLP that I was fortunate enough to work with during my time at my middle school. Jeanette will be reviewing the Sunny Articulation Phonology Test app. Take it away Jeanette!
I am very excited to bring you all
my very first product review from Smarty
Ears! As a pseudo-techy Speech-Language Pathologist, I can appreciate the Sunny Articulation Phonology Test (SAPT) and
its uses with the iPad ($49.99). At first glance it appeared to be just another artic
app, but as I continued to use it I found that it had a plethora of features.
First, the app features a video
tutorial. It is a quick and easy to understand resource to get you started. Manual
information for the SAPT can be found within the app. Like many other apps out
there, the SAPT allows you to enter each individual student’s demographic
information. This app separates
itself from the competition in that it lends itself to both articulation
screenings and a full evaluation of the student’s articulatory repertoire.
Next, is a must-see feature, which
includes the ability to change orientation depending upon where the clinician
is seated in relation to the student’s seating placement. This allows you to
document the student’s articulation while testing is going on.
The screening version contains 30 words and evaluates 65
different phoneme targets including both consonants and consonant blends.
Whereas, the full evaluation consists of 46 words with 103 targeted phonemes!
During testing
the clinician can readily view the target phoneme as it is written in green.
Once the clinician indicates the student’s error, the target phoneme turns red. You also have
the option of utilizing the single recording feature to record the student’s
production of the picture stimulus. Clinicians are also able to take notes,
note the level of intelligibility, and indicate the type of error observed
(i.e. distortion, substitution, omission).
As an often-frazzled school-based SLP,
I can appreciate the detail that goes into the test report. The report includes:
·
sound development norms
·
detailed descriptions
of the student’s articulation errors
·
break down of accuracy
across the initial, medial, and final position of the word
·
a review of the types
of errors the student made
·
discussion of place,
manner, and voicing of target phonemes
·
transcription of the
student’s articulation errors
Once the clinician has completed
the administration of the screening or test, the scores and reports are
immediately available to print or email.
I absolutely LOVE the Sunny Articulation Phonology Test! This
app is a valuable resource as it allows for you to screen, evaluate, and track
progress over time. I found it very easy to use and extremely detailed in the
report it generates. As a school-based SLP I can already see the advantage of
using such a test for Response to Intervention (RTI) and elementary level
speech screening purposes. The one caveat that I found while reviewing this
product is that this is not a standardized assessment tool and therefore cannot
be used to meet eligibility criteria. Other than that, this is a product that I
would recommend to any speech-language pathologist, especially the techy ones!
I hope you all have enjoyed my very
first product review almost as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Thank you,
Jeanette L. Clarke, M.A., CCC-SLP/TSSLD
