Touch the Sound

An awesome, rich resource for systematically assessing receptive language concepts for children with autism. I’m a behavior analyst and I find that children on the spectrum are more likely to respond to instructions presented on the iPad. It would be really cool if the app could log the child’s responses during a session and email it to me afterward, but it’s still excellent. I also love it that you can add your own pictures/sounds.

What a wonderful app! I love the ability that it gives you to customize it and to even add your own concepts! Some of the sounds are not long enough so I just disabled them. The selection of sounds is super! I use this with my preschoolers and it is a big hit with them.

I use this with my 3 year old. Some of the sound cues are vague (blinds opening) but its great to be able to turn that off in settings until she is able to distinguish more challenging auditory concepts. Because you can customize, we were able to start with basic sounds (a bird, drums, a car) and progress to more challenging work (scissors cutting paper). It's fun for her and allows us to sit and work together as we discuss the various sounds and pictures. This is a keeper!