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Speech

Minimal / Multiple / Maximal Oppositions

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Coverage at a glance

One app. Every caseload.

The matrix below shows which games cover which clinical domains. Tinted cells indicate an evidence-based fit; numbers show how many protocol exercises currently ship for that pair.

Domain \ GameContrast EngineArticulation DrillParent-Coached Loop
Articulation
29 exercises
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Receptive Language
13 exercises
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Expressive Language
18 exercises
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Fluency
6 exercises
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Voice
5 exercises
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Pragmatics & Social
5 exercises
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Swallowing
7 exercises
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Cognitive-Communication
5 exercises
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Literacy
19 exercises
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AAC
5 exercises
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Practice Library

Exercise Catalog

Browse all 112 activities in the Vochella practice library. Switch views to see how patients experience each exercise or review the clinical details.

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Articulation29 exercises
Articulation🃏 Flashcard Reveal

🐰Flashcard Flip

3 sets · 10

See the picture. Say the word. Flip the card for a helpful cue. Then say it again, nice and clear!

/r/Target:rabbit
Explorer Prompt

See the picture, say the word, then flip the card!

Articulation🃏 Flashcard Reveal

🕷️S Blend Words

3 sets · 10 per blend

Practice words that start with S sounds - like spider, snake, and star! Say each word clearly and try putting them in a sentence.

/s/Target:spider
Explorer Prompt

Say the ssssnake words! 🐍

Articulation👂 Minimal Pairs

Sound Match Game

3 sets · 20 trials

Listen carefully to two words that sound almost the same. Can you hear the difference? Pick the right picture!

/t/-/k/
Explorer Prompt

Listen carefully! Which picture matches? 👂

🍵Tea🔑Key🟢Pea
🍵

tea

vs
🔑

key

Articulation🃏 Flashcard Reveal

Sound Patterns

2 sets · 15 productions

Listen to a bunch of words with the same sound, then try saying them yourself! We'll keep practicing until you're a pro.

Articulation👆 Tap / Self-Rate

Mouth Moves

3 sets · 30 seconds each movement

Fun exercises to make your tongue and lips stronger! Try tongue taps, side-to-side sweeps, and funny lip shapes.

Articulation🃏 Flashcard Reveal

Big Words

3 sets · 10 words

Practice saying longer words piece by piece! Start with the ending and build up - like putting blocks together.

Articulation🎙️ Audio Record

Everyday Phrases

4 sets · 8 phrases

Practice saying helpful phrases like "I want...", "Help me", and "More please" - words you use every day!

Articulation🃏 Flashcard Reveal

👅TH Sound Words

3 sets · 10 per sound

Practice your TH sound! Try words like "think" and "this" - put your tongue tip gently between your teeth.

/θ/-/ð/
Articulation👂 Minimal Pairs

Opposite Sounds

2 sets · 16 pairs

Listen to two words that have very different sounds. Can you say both? Try to make each one sound clear!

🧹

mop

vs
🔝

top

Articulation🪜 Sound Ladder

🔊R Sound Steps

3 sets · 10

Climb the ladder! First say the sound, then a syllable, then a word. You level up every time you nail it!

/r/Target:red
Articulation🪜 Sound Ladder

☀️S Sound Steps

3 sets · 10

Say S sounds step by step - sound, syllable, word! Your speech buddy cheers for each level.

/s/Target:sun
Articulation🪜 Sound Ladder

🦁L Sound Steps

3 sets · 10

Climb the L ladder with your speech buddy - one rung at a time!

/l/Target:lion
Articulation🪜 Sound Ladder

👅TH Sound Steps

3 sets · 10

Practice your TH sound one step at a time!

/θ/Target:think
Articulation🪜 Sound Ladder

🚢SH Sound Steps

3 sets · 10

Say SH sounds step by step!

/ʃ/Target:ship
Articulation🪜 Sound Ladder

🔑K Sound Steps

3 sets · 10

Make the back-of-the-mouth K sound, then climb to whole words!

/k/Target:key
Articulation🪜 Sound Ladder

🐐G Sound Steps

3 sets · 10

Say the G sound like a happy goat - then say G words!

/g/Target:goat
Articulation🪜 Sound Ladder

🐟F Sound Steps

3 sets · 10

Gentle teeth on your lip and blow - fff! Then climb to F words.

/f/Target:fish
Articulation🪜 Sound Ladder

🚐V Sound Steps

3 sets · 10

Turn your voice on for the buzzy V sound - vvv like a van!

/v/Target:van
Articulation🪜 Sound Ladder

🦓Z Sound Steps

3 sets · 10

Buzz like a bee - zzz! Then say Z words step by step.

/z/Target:zoo
Articulation🪜 Sound Ladder

🪑CH Sound Steps

3 sets · 10

Make the choo-choo train sound, then climb to CH words!

/tʃ/Target:chair
Articulation🪜 Sound Ladder

🧃J Sound Steps

3 sets · 10

Say the jumpy J sound, then climb to J words like juice!

/dʒ/Target:juice
Articulation🪜 Sound Ladder

💍NG Sound Steps

3 sets · 10

Feel the sound in the back of your mouth - ring, sing, king!

/ŋ/Target:ring
Articulation🪜 Sound Ladder

🪑Air-Ear R Steps

3 sets · 10

Practice the R at the end of words like chair and ear!

vocalic /r/ air-earTarget:chair
Articulation🪜 Sound Ladder

Ar-Or-Er R Steps

3 sets · 10

Climb through star, door, and tiger - the R hides at the end!

vocalic /r/ ar-or-erTarget:star
Articulation🎙️ Audio Record

🎤Sound Try-Outs

1 set · 1 probe per target sound

Try each sound after your helper says it - let's find your power sounds!

Target:sound warm-up
Articulation🃏 Flashcard Reveal

🐸Palabras con R

3 sets · 10

¡Di palabras que empiezan con R, como rana y reloj!

/r/Target:rana
Articulation🃏 Flashcard Reveal

Mezclas con S

3 sets · 10

Practica palabras con S - como sopa, estrella, escuela!

/s/Target:estrella
Articulation🃏 Flashcard Reveal

🦊Mots avec R

3 sets · 10

Dis des mots qui commencent par R, comme rouge et renard!

/r/Target:renard
Articulation🃏 Flashcard Reveal

🌀Groupes en S

3 sets · 10

Dis des mots avec S - comme spirale, store, ski!

/s/Target:spirale
Language-Receptive13 exercises
Language-Receptive📋 Multiple Choice

Follow Along

3 sets · 15

Can you do two things in a row? Listen carefully and follow the steps! Touch your nose, then clap your hands.

Explorer Prompt

Can you do what I say? Listen carefully! 👂

👃Touch your nose then clap👏Clap then stomp👋Wave then jump🦶Stomp then sit
Language-Receptive📋 Multiple Choice

Question Time

3 sets · 10 questions

Look at the picture and answer questions like "Who is that?" and "Where are they?" Pick the right answer!

Explorer Prompt

Who is in the picture? 🖼️

🐕The dog🚗The car🌳The tree
Language-Receptive📋 Multiple Choice

Sort It Out

2 sets · 15 items

Which one is a fruit? Which one is an animal? Sort things into groups and find which one doesn't belong!

Explorer Prompt

Which one is a fruit?

🍎Apple🚗Car🪑Chair🐕Dog
Language-Receptive📋 Multiple Choice

Step-by-Step Challenge

3 sets · 10 directions

Can you follow 3 or 4 steps in a row? This is a big-kid challenge - listen carefully and do each step!

Language-Receptive📋 Multiple Choice

Detective Thinking

2 sets · 8 passages

Be a detective! Look at the clues in the story or picture and figure out what happened. How do you know?

Language-Receptive📋 Multiple Choice

Listen & Answer

2 sets · 5 paragraphs

Listen to a short story and then answer questions about what you heard. No peeking - just your ears!

Language-Receptive🗂️ Category Sort

Sort Animals & Food

2 sets · 12 items

Tap or drag - is it an animal or a food? You earn stars for every correct bin!

Language-Receptive🗂️ Category Sort

Living or Not?

2 sets · 10 items

Think about what grows and moves - does it breathe? Sort carefully!

Language-Receptive🗂️ Category Sort

Word Detective

2 sets · 10 words

What group is it in? What is it for? Sort words by their clues!

Language-Receptive📋 Multiple Choice

Sigue la instrucción

3 sets · 15

¿Puedes hacer dos cosas seguidas? Escucha y haz los pasos.

Language-Receptive🗂️ Category Sort

Clasifica

2 sets · 15 elementos

¿Cuál es una fruta? ¿Cuál es un animal? Agrupa las cosas.

Language-Receptive📋 Multiple Choice

Suis la consigne

3 sets · 15

Peux-tu faire deux choses de suite? Écoute et fais les étapes.

Language-Receptive🗂️ Category Sort

Classe les mots

2 sets · 15 éléments

Lequel est un fruit? Lequel est un animal? Regroupe les éléments.

Language-Expressive18 exercises
Language-Expressive🖼️ Picture Naming

📖Tell the Story

2 sets · 10

Read a story, then tell it back in your own words! Who was in it? What happened? How did it end?

Language-Expressive🖼️ Picture Naming

Build a Sentence

2 sets · 15

Look at the picture and make up a sentence about it! Try to make your sentences longer and more interesting.

Language-Expressive🖼️ Picture Naming

Say More

3 sets · 15 expansions

Try adding more words! If you said "dog run," try "The big dog is running fast!" Make your sentences grow.

Language-Expressive🖼️ Picture Naming

Word Finder

2 sets · 10 target words

Can't think of a word? Use clues! What group is it in? What does it look like? What does it do? The clues help you find it!

Language-Expressive🖼️ Picture Naming

What Happened?

3 sets · 12 productions

Look at the before and after pictures. What happened? "He walked." "She played." "They painted!" Add the -ed ending.

Language-Expressive🎙️ Audio Record

Practice Conversations

5 sets · 3 full script reads

Practice real conversations you use every day - like ordering at a restaurant or calling a friend. Repeat until it feels easy!

Language-Expressive🖼️ Picture Naming

Action Words

2 sets · 6 verbs

Think of action words like "eat" or "drive" - who does it? What do they do it to? Answer questions about each action.

Language-Expressive📝 Sentence Builder

What Is Happening?

3 sets · 10

Put the words in order to tell what is happening in the picture!

Language-Expressive📝 Sentence Builder

What Happened?

3 sets · 10

Build a sentence about what already happened. Don't forget the -ed!

Language-Expressive📝 Sentence Builder

Who Did What?

3 sets · 10

Pick the right pronoun and build the sentence!

Language-Expressive📖 Story Sequencer

🌅Order the Day

2 sets · 6 stories

Put the pictures in order - morning to night! Then tell the story.

Language-Expressive📝 Sentence Builder

Fix-the-Sentence Frames

3 sets · 10 frames

Build sentences with the right endings - is running, jumped, plays!

Language-Expressive📋 Multiple Choice

Ask and Fix It

2 sets · 8 scenarios

Did not understand? Practice asking to hear it again and fixing mix-ups!

Language-Expressive📖 Story Sequencer

📖Story Builder Retell

2 sets · 3 retells

Tell the story back - who, where, what went wrong, and how it ended!

Language-Expressive📝 Sentence Builder

Construye una oración

3 sets · 10

Mira la imagen y forma una oración completa.

Language-Expressive🖼️ Picture Naming

📖Cuenta la historia

2 sets · 3 recuentos

Lee una historia y luego cuéntala con tus propias palabras.

Language-Expressive📝 Sentence Builder

Construis une phrase

3 sets · 10

Regarde l'image et forme une phrase complète.

Language-Expressive🖼️ Picture Naming

📖Raconte l'histoire

2 sets · 3 rappels

Lis une histoire puis raconte-la dans tes propres mots.

Fluency6 exercises
Fluency🎙️ Audio Record

🐘Gentle Start

3 sets · 8 per phrase

Start your words softly and smoothly, like a quiet sigh. Begin with easy words and build up to sentences!

Target:elephant
Fluency🎙️ Audio Record

Bounce Practice

3 sets · 5 minutes per level

Try bouncing on words on purpose - it helps you feel in control! Start easy and work up to real conversations.

Fluency🎙️ Audio Record

Pause & Retry

2 sets · 10 cancellations

If you get stuck on a word, stop, relax, and try it again smoothly. It's like a do-over!

Fluency🎙️ Audio Record

Slide Out

3 sets · 8 pull-outs

If you feel stuck in the middle of a word, gently ease out of it and finish smoothly. You've got this!

Fluency🎙️ Audio Record

Smooth Talking Time

1 set · 15 minutes

Have a fun chat with your parent for 10-15 minutes. They'll cheer you on for smooth speech!

Fluency🎙️ Audio Record

Light Touch Sounds

3 sets · 10 per consonant type

Say sounds with a gentle, light touch - don't push hard! Practice letters like P, B, T, and K softly.

Voice5 exercises
Voice🎙️ Audio Record

🫁Belly Breathing

3 sets · 10 per production

Put your hand on your tummy and breathe in deep - feel it expand! Then say "ahhh" for as long as you can.

Voice🎙️ Audio Record

🎵Voice Warm-Ups

2 sets · 4 exercises each

Warm up your voice with four fun exercises! Hum, glide your voice up and down, and hold notes. Do it softly.

Voice🎙️ Audio Record

🎶Humming Practice

3 sets · 5 minutes per level

Start by humming softly and feel the buzz on your lips! Then try humming into words and sentences.

Voice🎙️ Audio Record

📢Loud & Clear

3 sets · 15 sustained ah

Say "AHHH" as loud as you can and hold it! Think LOUD. This helps your voice stay strong and clear.

Voice🎙️ Audio Record

🥤Straw Sounds

3 sets · 5 minutes per technique

Make sounds through a straw! Try blowing bubbles in water while humming. It's fun and great for your voice.

Pragmatics/Social5 exercises
Pragmatics/Social🖼️ Picture Naming

📚Social Stories

2 sets · 30 seconds each story

Read fun stories about making friends, taking turns, and asking for help. Then act it out together!

Pragmatics/Social🖼️ Picture Naming

💭Think About Others

2 sets · 8 scenarios

What is the other person thinking? Look at the clues and guess what they know - it might be different from what you know!

Pragmatics/Social🖼️ Picture Naming

🗣️Taking Turns Talking

3 sets · 5-minute conversations

Practice having a conversation! Start a topic, ask questions, and take turns - like passing a ball back and forth.

Pragmatics/Social🖼️ Picture Naming

😊How Are They Feeling?

2 sets · 12 scenarios

Look at faces and listen to voices - can you tell how someone is feeling? Happy, sad, angry, or scared?

Pragmatics/Social🖼️ Picture Naming

🤝What Would You Do?

2 sets · 6 dilemmas

Uh oh, there's a problem! Think of different ways to solve it. Which idea works best? Let's figure it out!

Swallowing/Dysphagia7 exercises
Swallowing/Dysphagia👆 Tap / Self-Rate

Strong Swallow

3 sets · 10 swallows

Swallow as hard as you can - squeeze all your muscles! Start without water, then try small sips.

Swallowing/Dysphagia👆 Tap / Self-Rate

Hold & Swallow

3 sets · 10

Put your hand on your throat, swallow, and hold the top for 3 seconds.

Swallowing/Dysphagia📊 Sequence

Breathe-Hold-Swallow

3 sets · 8 swallows

Follow the steps: breathe in, hold it, swallow, then cough. This keeps things going the right way!

Swallowing/Dysphagia👆 Tap / Self-Rate

Tongue-Hold Swallow

3 sets · 10 swallows

Stick your tongue gently between your front teeth and try to swallow. Only practice without food or drink!

Swallowing/Dysphagia👆 Tap / Self-Rate

Head Lift Exercise

3 sets · 30 lifts + 60-sec hold

Lie down flat and lift your head to look at your toes. Hold it, then rest. Repeat to build strength!

Swallowing/Dysphagia👆 Tap / Self-Rate

Chin Push

3 sets · 10

Put a ball under your chin and press down. Hold for 5 seconds, then relax. This builds swallowing strength!

Swallowing/Dysphagia👆 Tap / Self-Rate

Tongue Push-Ups

3 sets · 10 per position

Press your tongue against the roof of your mouth as hard as you can! Try the front, sides, and back.

Cognitive-Communication5 exercises
Cognitive-Communication📋 Multiple Choice

Focus Training

2 sets · 5 minutes per level

Practice paying attention! Start with one thing, then try focusing even when there are distractions around you.

Cognitive-Communication📋 Multiple Choice

Memory Challenge

1 set · 15-20 minute session

Remember a piece of information and try to recall it after longer and longer waits. How long can you remember?

Cognitive-Communication📊 Sequence

Plan It Out

2 sets · 3 planning tasks

Practice making a plan! Break a big task into steps and put them in order. What comes first? What could go wrong?

Cognitive-Communication📋 Multiple Choice

Think It Through

2 sets · 5 scenarios

Something went wrong! Think of solutions, weigh the pros and cons, and pick the best one. Talk through your plan.

Cognitive-Communication📖 Story Sequencer

📚Story Order

2 sets · 5

What happens first, next, then last? Arrange the pictures and tell what happened!

Literacy19 exercises
Literacy📋 Multiple Choice

🎤Rhyme Time

3 sets · 12 items

Find words that rhyme - cat, hat, bat! Can you think of more? Sing songs and sort rhyming words together.

Literacy📋 Multiple Choice

🧩Sound It Out

3 sets · 15 words

Break words into tiny sounds - c-a-t! Then put the sounds back together. Use the boxes to help you count.

Literacy🃏 Flashcard Reveal

🔤Letter Sounds

3 sets · 26 letters

See a letter, say its sound! S says "sss", T says "tuh". How fast can you go through them all?

Literacy📋 Multiple Choice

📕Read & Understand

1 set · 2 passages

Read together and talk about what you think will happen next! Make pictures in your mind and connect the story to your life.

Literacy🔤 Word Builder

🐱Spell Short Words

3 sets · 12

Drag the letters into the boxes to spell the word. The picture helps you out!

Target:cat
Literacy🔤 Word Builder

🐸Spell Blend Words

3 sets · 12

Build words with two sounds at the start - like FR in frog!

Target:frog
Literacy🔤 Word Builder

🎂Magic E Words

2 sets · 10

Add the magic E at the end - it turns short vowels into their long names!

Target:cake
Literacy🔤 Word Builder

🐱CVC Words: A

3 sets · 10 words

Sound out short A words like cat and pan.

Target:cat
Literacy🔤 Word Builder

🐷CVC Words: I, O

3 sets · 10 words

Sound out short I and O words.

Target:pig
Literacy🔤 Word Builder

S-Blend Words

3 sets · 12 words

Blend the S with the next sound!

Target:stop
Literacy🔤 Word Builder

End-Blend Words

3 sets · 10 words

Read the end-blend words.

Target:hand
Literacy🔤 Word Builder

🚢Digraph Words

3 sets · 12 words

Two letters that make one sound.

Target:ship
Literacy🔤 Word Builder

End-Digraph Words

2 sets · 10 words

Listen for the sound at the end.

Target:back
Literacy🔤 Word Builder

🎂Magic E: A

3 sets · 10 words

The silent E makes the A say its name!

Target:cake
Literacy🔤 Word Builder

🚲Magic E: I, O

3 sets · 10 words

Magic E words for I and O.

Target:bike
Literacy🔤 Word Builder

🌧️Vowel Team Words

3 sets · 12 words

Two vowels together - first one says its name.

Target:rain
Literacy🔤 Word Builder

O Team Words

3 sets · 10 words

O team words like boat and moon.

Target:boat
Literacy🔤 Word Builder

🐰Two-Syllable Words

2 sets · 8 words

Find the two parts in a longer word.

Target:rabbit
Literacy🔤 Word Builder

🐯Open Syllable Words

2 sets · 8 words

Open syllables end with a long vowel.

Target:tiger
AAC5 exercises
AAC👆 Tap / Self-Rate

💬Important Words

3 sets · 12

Practice the words you use most - "more", "stop", "go", "help"! Tap each word on your device as you say it.

AAC👆 Tap / Self-Rate

👆Watch & Learn Words

1 set · 15 minutes of modeling

Watch and listen as a grown-up points to words while talking during play. You'll start using them too!

AAC📊 Sequence

🖼️Picture Trading

3 sets · 10 exchanges

Hand over a picture to ask for what you want! Start simple and build up to making full sentences with picture cards.

AAC👆 Tap / Self-Rate

📝New Words for My Device

2 sets · 10 new words

Add new words to your device - food, people, classroom things! Practice finding them quickly so you can use them anytime.

AAC👆 Tap / Self-Rate

🔗Put Words Together

3 sets · 10 combinations

Combine words to say more! Try "want + cookie" or "go + park". Practice the same button path each time so it becomes easy.

This catalog is a snapshot of exercises available in the Vochella practice library. Click “Preview” to see how patients experience it, or “Feedback” to share your thoughts.

The science

Every game earns its place.

We don't gamify therapy for novelty - we gamify because motor learning and language acquisition require massed, distributed, and motivating practice. Each game below traces back to a protocol or line of research.

Contrast Engine

Speech

Minimal / Multiple / Maximal Oppositions

SLPs assign contrast sets by process, field size, locale, and production phase. The same engine scales from a 2-option minimal-pair perception task to a 6-option maximal-opposition probe with speech recording.

Minimal pairs fit mild cases; multiple and maximal oppositions better support broader phonological-system change.

Storkel, 2022; Gierut complexity approach

Ages 4-14Play it →

Articulation Drill

Speech

Complexity-Target Motor Practice

A single drill family replaces flashcards, mic recording, sound ladders, and picture naming. SLPs tune target phoneme, stimulus level, complexity bias, cue start, and probe cadence while the engine only proposes changes for clinical review.

Complex, marked, and non-stimulable targets can drive wider generalization than simple stimulable targets.

Motor learning; Storkel, 2018

Ages 4-18Play it →

Parent-Coached Loop

Expressive

Caregiver Training Home Practice

The home-practice loop is built around caregiver training, not child-only app time. SLPs assign a technique, routine, duration, cadence, and capture mode; parents submit a short recording or log for review.

Recent home-practice evidence centers on structured parent-implemented intervention and caregiver training.

Zwitserlood-Nijenhuis et al., 2023; Leafe et al., 2025

Ages 0-99Play it →

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