1. The OLP articulation program : a demonstration Rebecca Palmer, Pam Enderby, Mark Hawley Phil Green, Nassos Hatzis & James Carmichael European Commission Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources Fifth Framework Programme Contract number: QLG5-CT-2001-01971

2. European partners Institute of language and speech processing, Athens University of Sheffield Barnsley District General Hospital Logos and Altec companies, Thessaloniki Technical university of Stockholm Poltecnic university of Madrid Arches, company, Grenoble

3. MLT principles applied to design of OLP Practice –Consistent (Carr & Shepherd 1987) Feedback –Accurate & judgmental (Kinsey, 1990) Goals –Specific, hard yet achievable (Gauggel & Fischer 2001) Motivation –Internal locus of control (Singer, 1975) –Success 80% of time (Brookshire, 1989)

4. Key features of OLP Main focus: articulation treatment (acquisition) Grounded in theory: motor learning Uses speech recognition technology (for treatment) Provides auditory examples of target sounds and words –(Palmer, Enderby & Cunningham 2004) Provides visual feedback (immediate and real time) on performance Motivating graphical user interfaces

5. More key features Practice exercises tailored to the individual so need to go through set up process of recording, training recogniser and configuring exercise. Work towards consistently producing own best production rather than pre-defined norm so goal is achievable Client interface so can use the system for independent practice Graphs of practice performance over time Web link so clients can upload results to therapist and therapist can suggest what to do next, or arrange another visit to update the practice schedule

6. To set up tailor made exercises: 1. Record

7. 2. Train recogniser

8. 3. Configure exercise

9. Poster Example of how computer program worked for one client with dysarthria Details methodology of trials carried out with computer program compared to traditional therapy methods

10. Further work Still research grade software Funding from Sheffield University ‘proof of concept’ fund for therapists to try using in practice Making interfaces more accessible Availability?!