The Speech Doctor App Analysis

In reviewing “The Speech Doctor App”, I found myself reminiscing memories of my early childhood. From three years-of-age until about eight years old I was in speech therapy, due to hearing loss and Speech Apraxia, thus your suggested app was one I could instantaneously relate to. Thus, in my experience, symbolic representation was useful as I viewed an object while be guided in the pronunciation of its name (Nevid, 2015, p. 342) Jean Piaget termed this cognitive developmental period, the preoperational stage, which he believed occurred between two and seven years-of-age (Nevid, 2015, p. 342).

In addition to the “built-in intelligence” in your app, another asset it holds is seen by Eric Erikson as a part of the psychosocial developmental

For instance, the use of rhyming words in a match game to increase one’s ability to pronounce rhyming sounds. In this game six cards would be seen on the screen, the child would flip a card, say the word that describes the picture shown, should it be mispronounced the app would assist in the pronunciation of the word. Next, he or she would flip another card and again say the word of the picture shown, continuing this process until all the pairs have been matched with the corresponding rhyming word. Additionally, as he or she progresses the number of cards would increase in intervals of two, allowing for a slowly progression challenge. Again, as was with the oral motor exercises, when a predetermined level in the game is reached, a link to a non-speech related game would be revealed as a reward. Additionally, in all failed attempts throughout the use of the app, I would recommend that the child receive encouragement through scriptural references, there are many that speak of issues of speech, thus allowing a child to be made aware that he or she is not alone in this struggle. Consider for instance, Exodus 4:10, Isaiah 28:11, 32:4, 33:19, and Mark 7:32 for verses referencing