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Jolene Hyppa-Martin; Jason Lilley; Mo Chen; Jaclyn Friese; Corinne Schmidt; H. Timothy Bunnell – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) commonly results in the inability to produce natural speech, making speech-generating devices (SGDs) important. Historically, synthetic voices generated by SGDs were neither unique, nor age- or dialect-appropriate, which depersonalized SGD use. Voices generated by SGDs can now be customized via voice banking and…
Descriptors: Intelligibility, Speech Impairments, Artificial Speech, Voice Disorders
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Jamie B. Boster; Ursula M. Findlen; Kevin Pitt; John W. McCarthy – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
Children with complex communication needs often have multiple disabilities including visual impairments that impact their ability to interact with aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. Just as the field benefited from a consideration of visual cognitive neuroscience in construction of visual displays, an exploration of…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Multiple Disabilities, Visual Impairments, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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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