Therapy Box aims to make life easier for people who use our technology. In 2011 we launched our first app which helped people with no speech to communicate. We are now focusing on using voice, speech and linguistic data to identify and monitor health.
Therapy Box is leading a large NIHR i4i funded collaborative project to develop and evaluate a clinical decision-making tool for speech and language therapists using an automated transcription of language samples elicited using a child-friendly story retell app; which will provide clinicians with in-depth analysis of the linguistic and acoustic features of the child’s language sample.
The team also works with collaborators to process and analyse speech and language data; as well as to administer cognitive tests for children and adults.
Therapy Box also specializes in AAC. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is an umbrella term for all the communication devices, systems, strategies, and tools that replace or support natural speech. These tools support people who have difficulties communicating using speech and can include low tech and high tech solutions. There are many reasons why a person may not be able to communicate using speech. A developmental disability, for instance, can affect the development of speech or language.