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Rebecca Archer Anwar; Juliet E. Hart Barnett – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2024
"Augmentative and alternative communication" (AAC) refers to a wide variety of communication devices, systems, tools, and strategies that support or replace spoken language. Augmentative and alternative communication users represent a range of ages, abilities, and communication needs. Support for AAC often begins in the public school…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Speech Language Pathology
Lorah, Elizabeth R.; Parnell, Ashley; Whitby, Peggy Schaefer; Hantula, Donald – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Powerful, portable, off-the-shelf handheld devices, such as tablet based computers (i.e., iPad®; Galaxy®) or portable multimedia players (i.e., iPod®), can be adapted to function as speech generating devices for individuals with autism spectrum disorders or related developmental disabilities. This paper reviews the research in this new and rapidly…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Handheld Devices, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Ray, Jayanti – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2015
Given the linguistic and cognitive demands of communication, adult Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) users with acquired communication disorders may have difficulty using AAC systems consistently and effectively in "real-life" situations. The process of recommending AAC systems and strategies is an area of exploration,…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Strategies, Speech Language Pathology
Naraian, Srikala; Surabian, Mark – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2014
Even as research continues to suggest the potential of assistive technology for improving student outcomes, it remains under-utilized in schools. Among numerous challenges to the effective utilization of assistive technology, research has suggested that educators are inadequately prepared to consider and implement the use of such technologies. In…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs, Educational Legislation
Higginbotham, D. Jeffery; Lesher, Gregory W.; Moulton, Bryan J.; Roark, Brian – Assistive Technology, 2012
Significant progress has been made in the application of natural language processing (NLP) to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), particularly in the areas of interface design and word prediction. This article will survey the current state-of-the-science of NLP in AAC and discuss its future applications for the development of next…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Natural Language Processing, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Recognition (Psychology)
Akpan, Joseph P.; Beard, Lawrence A. – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Despite enormous improvements in AT devices and services in American classrooms, the number of students with special needs, and the complexity of needs that they and their families experience continues to be sky rocketed nationwide. In response to these urgent needs, more advanced and specialized assistive technologies have been developed that…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Special Needs Students, Computers, Technology Integration
Achmadi, Donna; Kagohara, Debora M.; van der Meer, Larah; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Sutherland, Dean; Lang, Russell; Marschik, Peter B.; Green, Vanessa A.; Sigafoos, Jeff – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
We evaluated a program for teaching two adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to perform more advanced operations on an iPod-based speech-generating device (SGD). The effects of the teaching program were evaluated in a multiprobe multiple baseline across participants design that included two intervention phases. The first intervention…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Reinforcement, Handheld Devices
Ferriero, Giorgio; Caligari, Marco; Ronconi, Gianpaolo; Franchignoni, Franco – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2012
This report describes a 63-year-old woman with Parkinson's disease showing loss of intelligibility of speech and severely impaired handwriting, despite undergoing physical and speech therapies. As the patient had sufficient residual motor abilities and adequate cognitive function and motivation, a computer-based communication aid with a software…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Leisure Time, Quality of Life, Diseases
Baxter, Susan; Enderby, Pam; Evans, Philippa; Judge, Simon – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2012
Background: There has been a rapid growth in recent years of available technologies for individuals with communication difficulties. Research in the area is currently underdeveloped with practitioners having a limited body of work on which to draw to guide the process of intervention. Concerns have been raised that this newly developed technology…
Descriptors: Evidence, Outcome Measures, Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Shih, Ching-Hsiang; Chung, Chiao-Chen; Chiang, Ming-Shan; Shih, Ching-Tien – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
This study evaluated whether two persons with developmental disabilities would be able to improve their pointing performance through a Dual Cursor Automatic Pointing Assistive Program (DCAPAP) with a newly developed mouse driver (i.e., a new mouse driver replaces standard mouse driver, and is able to intercept/detect mouse movement action). First,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Maintenance, Developmental Disabilities, Program Effectiveness
Lancioni, Giulio E.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Didden, Robert; Oliva, Doretta; Campodonico, Francesca; de Pace, Claudia; Chiapparino, Claudia; Groeneweg, Jop – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The first of these two studies assessed whether 11 participants with multiple disabilities of 5.3-18.2 (M = 10.7) years of age would succeed in combining a microswitch for accessing preferred environmental stimuli and a Voice Output Communication Aid (VOCA) for requesting social contact. The second study conducted a social validation assessment of…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Stimulation, Interpersonal Relationship, Assistive Technology
Argyropoulos, Vassilios S.; Sideridis, Georgios D.; Kouroupetroglou, Georgios; Xydas, Gerasimos – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2009
The general purpose of the present study was to test the effectiveness of various psycho-acoustic manipulations for the understanding of specific information (typographic attributes such as bold and italic) which was included in texts by individuals with and without blindness. Thirty blind and thirty sighted students participated and were asked to…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Blindness, Acoustics
Sulzer-Azaroff, Beth; Hoffman, Anne O.; Horton, Catherine B.; Bondy, Andrew; Frost, Lori – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Originally designed to enable young children with autism lacking functional communication to initiate requests and to describe what they observed, the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) has been the subject of an ever-expanding body of research and development. Thirty-four peer-reviewed published reports on PECS are analyzed in this…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Autism, Assistive Technology, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Odabasi, H. Ferhan; Kuzu, Abdullah; Girgin, Cem; Cuhadar, Cem; Kiyici, Mubin; Tanyeri, Tayfun – International Journal of Special Education, 2009
Rapidly increasing educational needs of the information society individuals make it necessary and commonplace to use information and communication technologies for instructional purposes. These technologies regulate, direct and shape individuals' social interactions, and help individuals participate in processes and activities which are relatively…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Hearing Impairments, Special Needs Students, Teaching Methods
Beck, Ann R.; Stoner, Julia B.; Bock, Stacey J.; Parton, Tom – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2008
This study compares use of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and a Voice Output Communication Aide (VOCA) with four preschool children who were either non-speaking or limited in their ability to speak and did not use an AAC system to communicate functionally. An alternating treatment single subject design was used to measure…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Preschool Children, Developmental Disabilities, Autism
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