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Core Vocabulary for AAC Practice from Mandarin Chinese-Speaking Taiwanese without Disabilities
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Tsai, Meng-Ju – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
The purpose of this study was to select a core vocabulary list obtained from Mandarin Chinese-speaking Taiwanese persons without disabilities. Mandarin Chinese is dominant and official language of Taiwan. A total of 28 participants, equally divided among seven age groups, were recruited for the study. In all, 112 samples across different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Vocabulary
The Usability of an AAC Pain Description System for Patients with Acquired Expressive Communication Disorders
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Kuo, Chen-li; Tsai, Tsai-Hsuan; Tung, Shen-Mei; Lin, Yueh-E – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has been used by patients with acquired expressive communication disorders as an alternative to natural speech. The use of symbols to express pain, which is intangible, is challenging because designing a series of comprehensible symbols to represent personal experiences such as pain is not…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Pain, Chinese, Telecommunications
Feasibility of an Eye-Gaze Technology Intervention for Students with Severe Motor and Communication Difficulties in Taiwan
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Yu-Hsin Hsieh; Mats Granlund; Ai-Wen Hwang; Helena Hemmingsson – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
Eye-gaze technology provides access to a computer through the control of eye movements, thus allowing students with severe motor and communication difficulties to communicate and participate in curriculum activities and leisure; however, few studies have investigated whether any challenges exist to its implementation. This study examines the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Eye Movements, Students with Disabilities, Communication Disorders
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Service by Speech-Language Pathologists in Taiwan
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Tsai, Meng-Ju – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2019
Speech language pathologists (SLPs) play a leading role in overall augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) service delivery. Several changes (e.g., the provision of university AAC courses) related to AAC occurred in Taiwan in the past. However, little information of AAC services provided by SLPs in Taiwan is available. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Hospitals, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel
Effects of Peer-Mediated Instruction with AAC on Science Learning and Communitive Responses of Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities in Taiwan
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Wu, Ya-ping; Chen, Ming-chung; Lo, Ya-yu; Chiang, Chun-han – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2020
This study examined the effects of an intervention that integrated peer-mediated instruction (PMI) with augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) using speech-generating devices (SGDs). Nine trained peer tutors without disabilities taught science concepts and modeled use of SGDs following a script to three elementary school students with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Peer Teaching, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Applying Secondary-Tier Group-Based Video Modeling to Teach Children with Developmental Disabilities to Communicate Using iPad
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Chang, Chia-Jui; Wang, Hui-Ting – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
This study aimed to contribute to the secondary-tier evidence of the three-tier video modeling intervention model (3TVM), using a group-based generic video, and to explore a new form of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) intervention using a Chinese-language interface for teaching children with developmental disabilities. A multiple…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Modeling (Psychology)