Cognitive classification models could be a useful aid to the diagnostic process when used in conjunction with other data sources including clinical history.
A word counter along the lines of the LENA device that's used as part of the program Talbot describes may be a useful aid for rewarding parents for speaking more, but it is not nearly enough.
"They are a snapshot and can be a useful aid, but will never replace clinical assessment.
It has been recognised that SCRs are not a useful aid for learning, and this is even truer now.
Compensatory techniques, like taking notes, creating mnemonics and making structured schedules, can be useful aids, he added.
We asked them what the most and least useful aid was, and what they would need to help them survive a disaster in the future.
For pupils she believes it is a useful aid over time as students "know they have lots ofrecordings of themselves they can watch to see their own progression".
Garden bird tables are a useful aid here, but an additional strategy seems to be to carry on feeding after dark by the light of street lamps.
"This is a useful aid to real-life poets looking for inspiration or for help with alliteration or rhyming," he said.
