Impact Awards presentation 2010.

1. Impacting the world of people with a communication disorders and their families Barbara Fernandes, M.S; CCC-SLP Smarty Ears™, LLC

2. Total 36.5 Million Americans have some form of communication disorder. Stuttering ? Articulation Stroke Difficulty Swallowing Voice Language Autism

3. Challenges within Speech Therapy Shortage!! In 2000, there were 88,000 speech-language pathologists in the United States. ( We need 120,000). IDEA Growing Spanish speaking population – lack of materials Overwhelming majority of materials are printed- expensive & inaccessible to parents.

5. Storage & portabilityHearBuilder Phonological Awareness - $149 Webber Interactive " CD-ROM- $49.99 100 Grammar Tickle Stories : $29.99 400 Webber Sign Language Cards : $11.99 PPVT/EVT™ Combo $400

6. The reality of technology for communication disorders Mightymo: $2989-3279 Minimo : $2669-2959 DV4 : $7515 MT4 : $6879 Who pays the price? Parents, School districts & Medicaid

7. We are trying to solve them: Innovation Leader in Speech & Language Therapy Technology

10. Challenges Available to iPhone & iPod users as of today; Capital – “A salary only goes so far”; One person company.

11. The future… Expand into iPad market Expand into other Smart Phone industries Increase the number of languages and products available Expand into other health care professions; The possibilities are endless!

12. We are not solving it all but we are for sure trying!