Scientific Learning Named Finalist for Prestigious Codie Award
Company's "Fast ForWord Literacy Advanced" Product Makes Cut as One of Best Instruction Solutions for Special Needs Students
1/16/07
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OAKLAND, CA - 01/16/2007 - Scientific Learning Corporation (NASDAQ: SCIL - News), the creator of the award-winning Fast ForWord¨ reading intervention product line, has been named a finalist for the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) 22nd Annual Codie Awards, which celebrate outstanding achievement and vision in the software, digital information, and education technology industries.
This year, 367 finalists in 72 categories represent the best and brightest in technology and business excellence. Scientific Learning's Fast ForWord Literacy Advanced intervention product is one of four finalists in the "Best Instruction Solutions for Special Needs Students" category; the winner will be announced on April 17 at a gala event at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.
"We are very proud to be in such impressive company, and to have our product recognized as the outstanding intervention tool that it is," said Robert C. Bowen, Chairman and CEO of Scientific Learning. "We are the only product in our category that is based on neuroscience research and we are very pleased with this prestigious accolade."
"The 2007 Codie Finalists represent real winners, even at this stage of the contest," added Ken Wasch, SIIA President. "Competition is fiercer than ever and that makes selection as a Codie Finalist a real achievement."
This year's finalists were chosen from more than 1,200 nominations submitted by more than 600 companies - breaking the record set in the 2006 awards. Over 219 individuals in the trade press, consulting, educators, IT specialists and other neutral specialists have reviewed all of the products entered. For a complete list of 2007 Codie Award finalists, please go to www.siia.net/codies/2007/finalists.asp.
About SIIA
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 800 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit www.siia.net.
About Scientific Learning Corporation
Scientific Learning produces the patented Fast ForWord® family of products, a series of computer-delivered intervention products that build learning capacity by developing the neurocognitive skills required to read and learn effectively. These foundational skills are built through a series of brain-based exercises that create fast, effective, and enduring results. Based on more than 30 years of neuroscience and cognitive research, the Fast ForWord products use patented technology and applications of validated neuroscience principles to help children, adolescents, and adults build the language and reading skills widely recognized as the keys to all learning.
The exercises align with the scientifically based reading-research guidelines and the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. The efficacy of the products has been confirmed by more than 200 independent research studies.
For more information about Scientific Learning and its products,
visit our Web sites at visit our Web sites at www.scientificlearning.com and www.brainconnection.com, or call toll-free 888-452-7323.
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