First, a little background: Articulation Test Center is intended to be the diagnostic corollary to Articulation Station, the company\u2019s flagship app and a one-stop shop for all of your articulation-related treatment needs. Articulation Test Center is that one-stop shop for all your articulation-related diagnostic<\/i> needs and includes two main assessment tools: Quick Test and Full Test, the former being a screening tool either to rule out a possible articulation delay or disorder, or to use an ongoing, dynamic assessment tool throughout therapy; the latter is a more comprehensive assessment instrument that would more definitively suggest the presence or absence of an articulation delay or disorder.<\/p>\n
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Regarding the general look, usability and functionality of the app, this app is unparalleled.\u00a0 It is intuitive, efficiently constructed and looks beautiful.\u00a0 I personally care about the look of the apps I use in my clinical work and in this respect, the Little Bee Speech products, including Articulation Test Center, simply have no equal, from the graphic identity to the images selected.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Screenshot from Articulation Test Center showing error substitution and phonological processes menu<\/p><\/div>\n
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The Quick Test and the Full Test have a similar user platform.\u00a0 Each test item includes a picture slide with the test sounds highlighted in the form of interactive buttons.\u00a0 These buttons allow you to mark whether the item was produced incorrectly.\u00a0 There is also a drop-down box that allows you to select the substitution the child made.\u00a0 For example, if a child were to alveolarize \/k\/, you would touch on \/t\/ and drag it over the \/k\/, indicating the substitution.\u00a0 In this drop-down menu, there\u2019s a second tab that allows you to select a phonological process (in this case, alveolarization) and drag that over the error sound \/k\/.\u00a0 This helps you keep track of not only sound inventory but also the presence of phonological processes.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n At the end of each test you may take a speech sample and provide a subjective judgment of intelligibility of \u201cgood\u201d, \u201cfair\u201d or \u201cpoor\u201d.\u00a0 The app then auto-generates a report based on test results and derives a percentage of sounds correct. \u00a0This report may then be emailed to you for editing.<\/p>\n Sample of the auto-generated report at the end of test administration<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n One tip I would suggest in using Articulation Test Center would be to de-select all vowels (unless you suspect the client has trouble with vowels) before you begin a test session.\u00a0 This would allow the app to derive Percentage Consonants Correct, a long-established metric for judging a child\u2019s intelligibility.\u00a0 In fact, I would suggest the makers of Articulation Test Center consider allowing the user to de-select all vowels in one fell swoop rather than manually, to make this easier.\u00a0 Perhaps this could be incorporated into an update of the app.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Summary of a client\u2019s errors during a Full Test<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n Also, on each slide the record-and-playback function, a common feature of apps, is well placed and easy to use. I would suggest recording the entire assessment session to ensure you heard every production correctly; no more relying on a separate recording device when using a paper-based assessment tool! \u00a0The app also has a note-taking feature that is specific to that slide.\u00a0 If a child needs a hint on a particular test item, you simply tap each picture to bring up two cues, one in the form of a statement, the other a question.\u00a0 Other interesting features include the ability to test only the various forms of \/r\/, vowels only, or to select items based on word position (initial, medial, and final).<\/p>\n Overall, my impression of Articulation Test Center is highly positive.\u00a0\u00a0 Not only is it visually pleasing, easy to use, but you can get most of the benefits of a standardized assessment tool, such as the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation, for a fraction of the cost of the Goldman-Fristoe ($50 versus $282).\u00a0 If a standard score, percentile rank and age equivalence are essential to your assessment, then of course the Goldman-Fristoe or another similar standardized tool would be indicated.\u00a0 However, I plan to use Articulation Test Center often in my private practice and applaud Little Bee Speech for a job well done.<\/p>\n \n \n \n Review of Articulation Test Center, by Little Bee Speech I had the opportunity to demo and review the speech therapy app Articulation Test Center, a recently published diagnostic app developed by Little Bee Speech, the makers of Articulation Station. 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