Aphasia Tutor 3:  Story Reading

Improves reading comprehension at the paragraph and story level. Displays paragraphs and comprehension questions at increasing difficulty levels, progressing in passage length and question complexity (including factual and inferential questions).  Patients can use it independently.  The Reading Cursor highlights one word at at time for them to make reading easier.  Provides cues for incorrect answers by highlighting pertinent passage text. Then gives the patient another opportunity to answer the question. Over 400 questions and 20 different stories, ranging in length from single paragraph to several pages.   Stories include excerpts from... [It's] like a buddy...helpful -Dr. Paul Fredrick, MD     Sherlock Holmes Little Women The Call of the Wild Alice in Wonderland And many more...

Appropriate for: Receptive Aphasia  Reading comprehension  Visual scanning  Making inferences Easiest of 4 levels. Shown with Reading Cursor highlighting the word "Max"

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1. Short Sentences, single paragraphs.  

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2. Longer Sentences, single paragraphs
3. Longer Sentences, multiple paragraphs
4. Long Sentences, multiple-page stories.  
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Within each level, the stories are arranged in increasing difficulty level.

Easy to Use Independently Patients use it independently thanks to special features... IntelliHints Allow independent use of the program.  If the user answers incorrectly, the program will highlight the portion of the story that contains the answer to the question.  This helps the user learn to find pertinent portions of a passage. Reading Cursor Helps the patient follow the text (excellent for those with left or right neglect).   The Reading Cursor highlights one word at a time and moves forward as the user presses the right-arrow key. Large print (text font).  Great for those with vision difficulties.  You can make the print up to several inches tall. Deluxe & Pro Features Make exercises easier by showing only 2 or 3 choices (instead of 4). Make exercises harder by doing memory practice. Shows the story then patient answers questions based on what they remember from the story. Automatically track progress for one patient (in the Deluxe version) or up to 2,000 patients (in the Professional version) Computer Requirements Microsoft Windows (Any version from 1995 to present: 95, 98, NT, or XP),  8 MB or more memory, 5 MB Hard Drive space. Buy programs