A new approach for more effective speech therapy

Whether your client is new to speech therapy, resistant to therapy, or in group therapy, Speech Buddies are speech therapy tools that will complement your current practice and can help you overcome the challenges you face on a day-to-day basis.

Speech Buddies work by providing targets inside the mouth that consistently enable correct tongue placement for the five hardest to treat problem sounds – R, S, L, CH, and SH. Designed by a team of speech-language pathologists and engineers, Speech Buddies are listed with the FDA and rigorous clinical trials provide evidence to support their efficacy as a speech therapy tool.¹

We offer a Professional Set of all five sounds for your clinic and individual Speech Buddies for your clients so they can focus on their problem sound(s).

Speech Buddies are different: unlike oral motor methods which focus mainly on training muscle strength during non-speech exercises, Speech Buddies are speech therapy tools that use tactile feedback to teach tongue placement during actual speech. Also, unlike most other products in the SLP toolbox, Speech Buddies are supported by rigorous clinical trials, enable carryover with online word games for home speech therapy practice, and are listed with the FDA.

See for yourself!

Purchase a Professional Set of all 5 Speech Buddies for yourself today!  Recommend individual Speech Buddies for your clients who will benefit the most.  Your Professional Set purchase qualifies you to join our growing community of Speech Buddies Providers.

As featured on CBS News New York              Speech Buddies Provider corrects the R sound

Frequent Speech Therapist Questions:

• What are Speech Buddies?
• Should I incorporate Speech Buddies into my practice?
• What types of students can I treat with Speech Buddies?
• Sounds good, but how do I know that Speech Buddies really work? 
• How should I clean my set of Speech Buddies?

Should I incorporate Speech Buddies into my practice?

Speech Buddies are the highest standard of care.

As a speech-language pathologist, Speech Buddies help you provide the highest standard of speech therapy care that your clients deserve and you wish to provide. By using Speech Buddies in your clinic, you are serving your clients with advanced technology, effective speech therapy tools, and evidence-based practice.

Effectively involve parents.

• It has been clinically proven that involving parents in the speech learning process results in better outcomes. Help your clients achieve their full potential by involving parents with Speech Buddies.

Speech Buddies offer you a technological advantage over your colleagues.

• Be a leader. 94% of SLPs surveyed indicated that they would like to integrate more technology into their practice to help provide the best possible solutions for their clients.⁶ Join the movement to incorporate Speech Buddies into your speech therapy practice.

Spread your influence.

• Speech Buddies allow you to treat more clients more effectively.
• Using Speech Buddies in your speech therapy practice will help you reach more people and help them get better results.
• Contact us at info@articulatetech.com to learn about our Provider program only for speech-language pathologists.

What types of students can I treat with Speech Buddies?

Speech Buddies have helped speech therapy patients age four and older with:

• Speech and articulation disorders of all severities and several types, including hearing impairment (with or without cochlear implants), autism spectrum disorder, or no known cause.
• Childhood apraxia of speech
• Acquired apraxia of speech from stroke or traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Accent modification where English sounds are misarticulated

Speech Buddies are still being evaluated for:

• Speech and articulation disorders associated with neuromuscular weakness, cerebral palsy, paralysis and Down syndrome, and craniofacial abnormalities (cleft palate).

Speech Buddies are not recommended for:

• Language disorders
• Stuttering
• Voice disorders

Sounds good, but how do I know that Speech Buddies really work?  

First, read more about the rigorous clinical trials that show that Speech Buddies are making a big difference in speech therapy.  Then check out various third-party Product Reviews where researchers have tried our speech therapy tools with their students.

Our 30-day satisfaction guarantee makes it easy to give them a try.  

How should I clean my set of Speech Buddies?

To wash your Speech Buddies, use mild soap and water or dip quickly in 70% isopropyl alcohol. Rinse thoroughly with water.

More questions? 

Download our full instruction booklet.

Contact us at: info@articulatetech.com or (415) 997-9038.

¹ Gordy Rogers & Jessica Galgano, Speech Buddies and Intra-Oral Tactile Biofeedback, 2010.

⁶ Gordy Rogers, Technology Adoption Survey: Speech Language Pathologists and Parents, 2010.