Fast ForWord Early Literacy Family Pack Now Available for Holiday Gift-Giving.

Business, Family/Lifestyle Editors

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2001

Easy-to-Use, Award-Winning Software Products Designed to

Help Children with the ABCs of Early Learning

Scientific Learning (Nasdaq:SCIL) announced today that the Company is offering families a new easy-to-use package of award-winning software products designed to help children build the foundational skills necessary for learning to read.

Created especially for children in kindergarten and first grade, the Fast ForWord(R) Early Literacy Family Pack includes:

-- Reading Edge(TM), a computerized assessment tool that helps measure early
literacy skills quickly and accurately to determine a child's specific skill
level;

-- Away We Go! (TM), an award-winning interactive software product that helps
build early learning skills such as attention and focus, phonological
awareness, and organizational skills;

-- Away We Go! Bookshelf(TM), a multimedia package that features a CD-ROM and
five books, all designed to help children practice early reading skills; and

-- One enrollment to the BrainConnection course, "Language and the Brain,"
which is designed to help families understand how children learn.

Receive the entire package for only $179. To order, call a Scientific Learning Family Support Team member today at 888/452-7323, or order online at www.scilearn.com/prod/?main=early_lit_fam/home to get your child started with the Fast ForWord Early Literacy Family Pack. The offer expires on December 31, 2001. For additional information about the Fast ForWord Early Literacy Family Pack, contact Emily Ausbrook at 888/665-9707, ext. 7059.

Headquartered in Oakland, California, Scientific Learning offers computer-based programs to rapidly improve the foundational skills critical to learning and reading. Developed by leaders in brain research, the Company's Fast ForWord family of programs use patented technologies to adapt to each student's skill level. To learn more about Scientific Learning's family of neuroscience-based products, visit the Company's Web sites at www.ScientificLearning.com, www.BrainConnection.com, or call toll-free 888/665-9707.