Spotlight Testimonials

We currently don’t have a lot of students on it because most of our patients speak Spanish. We would love to have a Spanish version or even collaborate to help create one. It’s the most cost effective program I have found though for our English speaking patients with auditory processing, phonological awareness, and dyslexia difficulties because parents can actually have their kids do it in between therapy sessions with minimal parent training and the goals are set up for the child to always feel successful. Kids love it and actually do it. We have had significant success for auditory processing when pairing it with the Listening Program from ABT. I had one 8 year old who could not read and was in a self contained special ed class. After one semester of using these programs together, he was put into general education for the first time ever and he began to read. I have the professional CDs for use in our clinic, but got the subscription to improve effectiveness by adding to the home exercise program. Most of our patients have Medicaid and are low income so they wouldn’t be able to afford HB on their own. It’s a small investment in our end to improve our outcomes and quality of services which improves word of mouth referrals (good for kids and for business as the new referrals more than pay for it). Again I just really wish their was a Spanish option as 80% of our younger patients speak Spanish here in Texas. I really hope others can benefit and access HB. It’s really important to address these issues early and unfortunately the special ed referral process tends to delay timely and individualized intervention. This is an affordable solution for both schools, clinics, and at home. I have tried to encourage some of the school districts we work with to purchase it as I think it can even benefit children without learning disabilities and I will start my own neurotypical child on HB once he starts learning English next year in PreK (we only speak Spanish at home), but often as you probably know, it’s hard to get schools to listen and spend money.

Great product!

Her sequencing tests improved after retaking the auditory tests several months after starting with Hear Builder.

The kids love it and navigate the program very easily! 🙂

We have found Hearbuilder is fantastic, our students are loving the activities and are engaged. We have various students on it for different reasons and they are all showing progress. We had a representative from hearing Australia recommend it to us and it has been great. Our students work on the program independently and with support and the structure has really helped in supporting their learning.

I have really enjoyed using this app. My little guy is engaged and asks to do “levels” daily. His rhyme and elision abilities have increased, and he’s motivated to gain more band members! I’m using the auditory memory games, as well, and am seeing improvements there.

I have been very happy with this purchase and the results. It plays like a game, but delivers results that are increasing academic abilities for narrative and reading skills. I’ve recommended the app to SLP friends and hope to see it in place for struggling readers or even as a first tier intervention for kindergarten students.

We have enjoyed this program very much. I have a few children with difficulty reading and was at a loss where to turn. Tutoring costs so much money! A relative of mine who is a speech therapist recommended Hear Builder. I have told so many of my friends about it since. The program is very child friendly, keeping the child’s interest in wanting to do the program. In a fun way, each child made progress in the area that was difficult for them. Of course the games that were easiest were what they went to first, but eventually they were stuck with the hard ones and they did those too. The ones that were hard showed me that this was the area they needed the most help with. Now a year later, these children are reading fluently and accurately. I attribute it to Hear Builder. Their school cant get over their progress and recently asked what I did to cause this improvement. It did take a year of work, a year of consistent almost daily practice, but it worked!! Thank you!!

I am thoroughly enjoying this program! The students are receptive to it and interested in completing the levels and various activities. Most of my students focus on the phonological awareness and following directions areas. They really enjoy it and I feel it has been most beneficial to them. I am excited to see them continue to improve and use the program. They have been given the opportunity to login and play at home as well. The parents seem to like this aspect as well. I find these apps to be very helpful and useful. They are continuing to improve their skills and I have to think these apps have something to do with that.

My students and I LOVE the program. I am going on my third year using Hearbuilder, and it is for sure the number one thing on my budget yearly. It is such a great, motivating program.

I really love it! In fact, I was able to save the Hear Builder website to “favorites” on each child’s personal chromebook, so that they can work on it in class during “free” time. It’s hard to comment on success rate in the class, as far as carryover is concerned. I may glean more info about that when it comes time for annual case reviews, very soon. However, I am able to see where a child is having a breakdown, and if or how many times they have to repeat a particular level. That is very useful information. That helps me to target that particular skill in therapy, one-on-one, or in a small group.

I have definitely seen improvement with my students using the hearbuilder online subscription. Currently I have 17 students registered to use it. In one month I have seen improvement specifically with our at risk students, as identified by the intervention and referral services committee. They are showing improvement in the areas of phonological awareness.