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Conversational Rate of a Non-Vocal Person with Motor Neurone Disease Using the 'TALK' System.
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Todman, J.; Lewins, E. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1996
This study evaluated the use of TALK, a computer-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system, in the social communications of a nonvocal woman with motor neurone disease. She was able to achieve an average conversational rate of 42 words per minute (wpm) using TALK, compared with 2 to 10 wpm with other AAC systems using…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Case Studies, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Disorders