How an Agency's Algorithm Helped Turn Popular Music Into Speech-Therapy Playlists

'Saylists' from Rothco and Warner Music will be made available to Apple Music subscribers

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For many young people, speech therapy is a vitally important resource—but one that can sometimes get a bit monotonous. A new agency-led initiative, however, hopes to make the process more fun by creating musical playlists that help kids along.

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One in 12 children in the U.K. experiences some form of speech sound disorder, according to school-support service Communication Commitment. Therapy can include the use of music, which led to Warner Music and Accenture Interactive-owned agency Rothco partnering to create playlists of relevant songs through Apple Music.

The resulting collections are called “Saylists” and are available to Apple Music subscribers globally.

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Stephen Lepitak

Stephen was ADWEEK's Europe bureau chief.