Should I incorporate Speech Buddies into my practice?
Speech Buddies are the highest standard of care. As a speech-language pathologist, Speech Buddies help you provide the highest standard of speech therapy care that your clients deserve and you wish to provide. By using Speech Buddies in your clinic, you are serving your clients with advanced technology and evidence-based practice.

Effectively involve parents.

• It has been clinically proven that involving parents in the speech learning process results in better outcomes. Help your clients achieve their full potential by involving parents with Speech Buddies.

Speech Buddies offer you a technological advantage over your colleagues.

• Be a leader. 94% of SLPs surveyed indicated that they would like to integrate more technology into their practice to help provide the best possible solutions for their clients.⁶ Join the movement to incorporate Speech Buddies into your speech therapy practice.

Spread your influence.

• Speech Buddies allow you to treat more clients more effectively.
• Using Speech Buddies in your speech therapy practice will help you reach more people and help them get better results.

What types of students can I treat with Speech Buddies?
Speech Buddies have helped speech therapy patients age four and older with:

• Speech and articulation disorders of all severities and several types, including hearing impairment (with or without cochlear implants), autism spectrum disorder, or no known cause.
• Childhood apraxia of speech
• Acquired apraxia of speech from stroke or traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Accent modification where English sounds are misarticulated Speech Buddies are still being evaluated for:
• Speech and articulation disorders associated with neuromuscular weakness, cerebral palsy, paralysis and Down syndrome, swallowing disorders (dysphasia), and craniofacial abnormalities (cleft palate).

Speech Buddies are not recommended for:

• Language disorders
• Stuttering
• Voice disorders

Sounds good, but how do I know that Speech Buddies really work?
First, read more about the rigorous clinical trials that show that Speech Buddies make a big difference in speech therapy in our "Documents" product tab. Then check out various third-party Product Reviews where researchers have tried our products with their students in our "Testimonials" product tab. Our 30-day satisfaction guarantee makes it easy to give them a try.

How should I clean my set of Speech Buddies?
To wash your Speech Buddies, use mild soap and water or dip quickly in 70% isopropyl alcohol. Rinse thoroughly with water.

More questions? Download our full instruction booklet.

⁶ Gordy Rogers, Technology Adoption Survey: Speech Language Pathologists and Parents, 2010.

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What is Gatorade Endurance Formula and how does it differ from Gatorade Thirst Quencher?
Gatorade Endurance Formula is a specialized sports drink with a unique blend of five electrolytes - including twice the amount of sodium and three times the potassium as Gatorade Thirst Quencher - designed to meet the fluid and electrolyte needs of elite and endurance athletes.

Gatorade Thirst Quencher contains the electrolytes sodium, chloride and potassium - the key electrolytes lost through sweat. Because elite and endurance athletes can lose a greater amount of these electrolytes during training and competition - particularly sodium, a key component of fluid balance and the hydration process - Gatorade Endurance Formula contains twice the sodium (200 mg) as a similar size serving of Gatorade Thirst Quencher. Gatorade Endurance Formula also contains three times the potassium (90 mg) as well as chloride, magnesium and calcium to more fully replace electrolytes lost during longer, more intense workouts, or multiple training sessions in one day.

Both Gatorade Thirst Quencher and Gatorade Endurance Formula contain a 6% carbohydrate solution (14 g of carbohydrate per 8oz. serving) that helps speed fluid absorption and fuel working muscles.

Why did Gatorade create Gatorade Endurance Formula?
Elite and endurance athletes often have greater sweat and electrolyte losses due to engaging in longer, more intense workouts or multiple workouts in a day. To help these athletes more fully replace the electrolytes they lose in sweat during these longer, more intense workouts, Gatorade created Gatorade Endurance Formula.

How do I know whether I should be drinking Gatorade Thirst Quencher or Gatorade Endurance Formula?
Both Gatorade Thirst Quencher and Gatorade Endurance Formula are scientifically formulated to meet the hydration needs of athletes. For most active people and athletes, Gatorade Thirst Quencher is the appropriate beverage to help replace the fluid and electrolytes lost through sweat and provide energy to fuel working muscles. However, we know through extensive research that elite and endurance athletes often have greater fluid and electrolyte losses during longer and more intense workouts. In fact, within three to four hours of running a marathon or participating in a triathlon, endurance athletes can lose the amount of sodium consumed typically in an entire day (1). For these occasions, Gatorade Endurance Formula more fully replaces what is lost in sweat.

Athletes who have white residue on their skin or clothes following training and competition may have high salt content in their sweat and should consider drinking Gatorade Endurance Formula during active occasions to replace excessive sodium losses.

1. Maughan RJ. Fluid and electrolyte loss and replacement in exercise. J Sports Sci 9:117-142, 1991.