Canadian Speechsounds for Healthcare Professionals is a a great way to quickly bring non-Native speakers up to speed on the right way to pronounce medical terms. They will improve the quality of verbal communications quickly, reduce errors and improve productivity.
PRICING: |
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| 1 program | $119.95 |
| 2-9 programs | $99.95 each |
| 10-16 programs | $94.95 each |
| 17-50 (site license) | $1500 total |
| 51st + programs | $25 each |
| A free digital workbook comes with each order; rights to reproduce the workbook come with the purchase of multiple programs. | |
| All prices in US Dollars. | |
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| Satisfaction Guarantee | |
This is a must for anyone involved in the Healthcare industry in Canada. Canadian Speechsounds for Healthcare Professionals helps you gain the confidence and clarity that is critical in medicine.
Using words and expressions heard in medicine, Canadian Speechsounds for Healthcare Professionals introduces all the consonant and vowel sounds with instructions, video clips, diagrams, explanations of common problems, and spelling examples. It teaches you to hear the critical differences between words you may confuse.
You record words, short phrases, and sentences – from “Hi” and “pain” to “We suspect subacute bacterial endocarditis” and “A cervical cordotomy was done for intractable pain.”
Stress, Endings, Linking, Intonation exercises use realistic medical words and expressions.
The Locator finds any word in the program. And, with Authoring, you can add whatever you want, making this program even more of an individual tutor!
Features
- Contains 3000 Canadian English words plus expressions relevant to healthcare
- Guides speakers from 38 language backgrounds: Chinese speakers, Hindi speakers, etc.
- Includes Abbreviations (MRI), ABC (Alphabet Letters), Days of the Week, Months of the Year, Identical Sounding Words (“AIDS” versus “aides”), Numbers, Silent Sounds, Similar But Different Words (“diseased” versus ” deceased”)
- Teaches consonant and vowel sounds with video and audio instructions
- Includes Endings, Intonation, Linking, Multisyllables, Stress exercises, and more
- Offers the option to display a spelling system of phonetics
- Contains a Locator to help you find every word
- Features Authoring which allows you to create totally customized content: professional terms, medications, dialogs—anything you want
Consonant and Vowel Exercises for every difficult sound
Endings Exercises
- Consonants (“tray, trait”)
- Voiced Consonants (“sight, side”)
- Consonant Cluster Endings (“ten, tent”)
- Plurals (“pill, pills”)
- Past Tense (“scan, scanned”)
Intonation Exercises
- Statements (“Please explain that.”)
- Yes-No Questions (“Is he lethargic this morning?)
- “Wh-” Questions (“Who is your primary doctor?”)
Linking Exercises
- Consonant + Vowel (“Have you had-any side effects?”)
Multisyllable Words Exercises
- 24 exercises from “A”-”abdomen” to “V-”vasoconstrictor”
Stress Exercises
- -ary (“coronary”)
- -ectomy/otomy (“laryngectomy”)
- -esis/osis (“amniocentesis”)
- -ia (“tachycardia”)
- -ic/ical (“diabetic”)
- -ion (“adhesions”)
- -itis (“arthritis”)
- -ity (“obesity”)
- -ology/ologist (“anesthesiologist”)
- -oscopy/ography (“bronchoscopy”)
And more!
Canadian Speechsounds is available directly from English Talk Shop
or from our Canadian Distributors:
| NAS Software Inc. 44 Joshua Court Thornhill, Ont. L4J 8B6 www.nas.ca (800) 837-5354 (905) 764-8079 |
Accent on Communication 210, 1010 8th Avenue SW Calgary, AB T2P 1J2 www.accentoncommunication.ca (403) 266-1531 |



