>Please could you advise if you have had
>experience with the Sensory Trigger Method
>advocated by http://www.strokefamily.org and whether the
>method and or products are more likely to be
>better or worse than any other aphasia therapy
>program or software package commercially
>available.

Many Thanks,
John Davis.

Dear John,

I am not familiar with this product. I looked at the website and tried to find other “independent” evaluations of these materials/methods besides those put out by the people who produce the product. It is always helpful to find information - either supportive or not, from other sources. I did not readily find that type of separate information. As you noted, the materials may not be any better or worse than other computer-based products for practice at home. I do not have advice either for or against the product. I am concerned about some of the claims made about how the process “works” in the brain. That does not mean the materials would not be helpful at some level; they may be just fine for promoting speech-language practice for some people with apraxia or aphasia. So, the upshot is that I am not familiar with the Sensory Trigger Method as described and promoted by strokefamily.org. Anne Ver Hoef