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Phone & Tablet Apps
The apps below are organized by category and can support communication, cognition, coordination, relaxation, and vision during ICU rehabilitation. Availability and pricing are subject to change — verify in the App Store or Google Play before recommending.
Communication
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Description: Designed by the Society of Critical Care Medicine to improve communication.
Easily communicate pain, mood, & needs
Pain: able to identify where they have pain or discomfort
Has diary function
Translations in 18 languages are available
Compatible for: iPhone & iPad
Cost: free
Available for: Apple
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Description: Easy to use communication app.
Fully customizable
Can be used to build language skills and grow with a person’s communication
Compatible with: iPhone & iPad
Cost: $249.99
Available for: Apple
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Description: Text to speech app for those who cannot rely on their voice to speak
Compatible for: iPhone & iPad
Cost: $119.99
Available for: Apple
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Description: Library of pictures you can tap to speak out loud
Includes common words, phrases, responses, requests, and statements
Compatible for: iPhone & iPad
Cost: Free
Available for: Apple
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Description: Library of pictures that the patient can tap to speak out loud
Includes common words/phrases for communication, ADL, IADL, and leisure
Compatible for iPhone and iPad
Cost: Free
Available for: Apple
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Description: Picture-based vocabulary of phrases to communicate needs and feelings to ICU providers
Can be used for patients with any speaking difficulties
Compatible for iPhone & iPad
Cost: Free
Available for: Apple
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Description: Interactive communication tool for non-verbal patients. Specially designed for the hospital environment. Developed with funding support from the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Nursing Research.
Includes the most common phrases used by patients in the hospital
Patients have the ability to write out words/phrases
Multiple languages available
Compatible for tablets/iPad
Cost: Free
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Description: communication tool for patients who are on ventilators and/or patients with speech impairments.
Includes a list of phrases commonly used in the hospital.
The patient is also able to write out their own phrases to be spoken.
Pain section: gives the patient the ability to point to a specific body part and rate the pain level.
Big and clear pictures
Available in multiple languages
Compatible for tablets/iPad
Cost: Free
Games
Relaxation & Music
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Description: stress management tool with guided diaphragmatic breathing exercises.
Cost: Free
Available for: Apple
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Coordination
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Description: Game that challenges both your fine motor coordination and vision.
Compatible with: iPhone
Cost: $1.99
Available for: Apple
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Description: connect the dots. Challenges fine motor coordination, vision, & attention
Compatible with: iPhone & iPad
Cost: Free
Available for: Apple
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Description: pop bubbles as they appear on the screen. Can challenge fine motor coordination & vision
Compatible with: iPhone & iPad
Cost: $0.99
Available for: Apple
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Cognition
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Description: self-administered computerized test intended for longitudinal cognitive monitoring. Evaluates eight cognitive domains:
1) Memory/Immediate Recall
2) Memory/Delayed Recall
3) Visuospatial Reasoning / Mental rotation
4) Executive function / Clock Test
5) Attention
6) Mental math
7) Language Comprehension/Prefrontal Synthesis
8) Orientation
Compatible with: iPhone & iPad
Cost: Free
Available for: Apple
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Description: designed for patients following stroke. Addresses: alphabet and vowel learning, math exercises, color recognition, memory exercises, quantity assessment, and facial exercises
Cost: Free
Available for: Android
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Description: Memory game; watch the buttons light up and repeat the sequence in the same order.
Cost: Free
Available for: Apple
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Commonly used Assessment Scales - Neuro
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Description: A compiled list of commonly used Neurology/Neurosurgery grading scales
Compatible for: iPhone & iPad
Cost: $4.99
Available for: Apple
Vision & Neglect
ICU Diary
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Description: Designed by the Society of Critical Care Medicine to improve communication. Has diary feature
Translations in 18 languages are available
Compatible for: iPhone & iPad
Cost: free
Available for: Apple