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Dr. Frederick Weiner
Parrot Software
800-727-7681
Fax: 248-788-3224
support@parrotsoftware.com
http://www.parrotsoftware.com/

Press Release

Interactive Internet Site Used to Improve
Communication of Adults with Head Injury and Aphasia

WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI - January 2, 2006 - Parrot Software has launched a web site featuring 70 different software programs for the remediation of speech, cognitive, language, attention, and memory deficits seen in individuals who have suffered aphasia from stroke or head injury. The treatment path for individuals with head injury and stroke is usually a long one requiring many hours of rehabilitation. Cost prohibits individuals from seeing specialists for more than 2-3 times a week and medical insurers including Medicare have significantly limited reimbursements for long-term care. The Parrot Software internet site is a low-cost extended-care option. Customers subscribe to this on-line service for $24.95 per month with the first week free as a trial.

The programs available on this web site mirror activities of speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and neuropsychologists. Programs were designed for the non-computer user and free technical support is available via a toll free number and soon through Net-meeting. There are lessons of many difficulty levels and programs report performance at the completion of each lesson.

Parrot Software has been developing treatment software for people with communication problems since 1981. These programs have been purchased by almost every medical care facility in the U.S. and in many English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Danish speaking countries. Parrot Software provides this internet option as an alternative to purchasing software.

Parrot Software has strived to provide top quality products for patients with head-injury and stroke for almost 20 years. For additional information, complete descriptions of the products they offer are at their web site (http:/www.parrotsoftware.com). You can request a free CD-ROM to install the Internet Subscription Service by calling 1-800-PARROT-1 (1-800-727-7681).