Speech Generating Devices (SGD) Lending Center was established with funding from the National Insurance Institute’s Foundation for Development of Services for the Disabled.
This Lending Center is the only one of its kind in the Middle East for speech generating devices and one of the few existing in the entire world.
The Center operates under the direction of Yonit Hagoel-Karnieli, a speech therapist specializing in Alternate Augmentative Communication (AAC). Every year, thousands of devices are loaned to children with special needs and adults with a range of communication impairments.
Two types of speech generating devices are available for loan: units that generate digital speech that work with pre-recorded vocal messages, and sophisticated units such as iPads and talking computers that generated synthetic speech with unlimited message possibilities. The Lending Center also features a unique, highly professional accessibility unit and the “Omer” Center for evaluations.