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Direct linkCamryn Claire Terblanche; Michelle Pascoe; Michal Harty – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: There is a global need for synthetic speech development in multiple languages and dialects, as many children who cannot communicate using their natural voice struggle to find synthetic voices on high-technology devices that match their age, social and linguistic background. Aims: To document multiple stakeholders' perspectives…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Child Language, African Languages, Foreign Countries
Sutton, Ann; Trudeau, Natacha; Morford, Jill P.; Smith, Martine M.; Mascolo, Marie-Ève – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2022
This study explored performance on expressive and receptive graphic symbol tasks and spoken comprehension by individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) as well as the relationship of performance with participants' skills and characteristics. Participants were 19 children and youth (aged 5- to 18-years-old) who used aided…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Expressive Language, Receptive Language, Assistive Technology
Reem Muharib; Russell Lang; Virginia L. Walker; Andrew Phinney; Marcela Rodriguez – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2021
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have communication support needs and many rely on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems to communicate. Previous research suggests that AAC use does not preclude the acquisition of spoken language and, in some cases, may facilitate improvements in spoken communication in…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Communication Skills, Expressive Language
Lund, Shelley K.; Keis, Emily; SanFelippo, Kaitlin – EBP Briefs (Evidence-based Practice Briefs), 2020
Clinical Question: Do children with complex communication needs show greater improvement in requesting behaviors with the Picture Exchange Communication System® (PECS®) versus a speech-generating device (SGD)? Method: Systematic Review. Sources: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Education Resources Information…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Pictorial Stimuli, Speech Communication, Communication Skills
Soto, Gloria; Clarke, Michael T.; Nelson, Keith; Starowicz, Renee; Savaldi-Harussi, Gat – Journal of Child Language, 2020
The present study investigated the effects of different types of recasts and prompts on the rate of repair and spontaneous use of novel vocabulary by eight children with severe motor speech disabilities who used speech-generating technologies to communicate. Data came from 60 transcripts of clinical sessions that were part of a conversation-based…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Child Language, Prompting, Assistive Technology
Alant, Erna; Champion, Annette; Peabody, Erin Colone – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2013
This study grew from a need identified by professionals working in the same community to explore interagency support for augmentative and alternative communication device implementation with students, families, and professionals involving the local school system and university. A case study was used to document intervention with a second-grade…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Expressive Language, Delayed Speech
Cheslock, Melissa A.; Barton-Hulsey, Andrea; Romski, MaryAnn; Sevcik, Rose A. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2008
For adults with disabilities who are unable to speak, the literature recommends that intervention include augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to improve communication and interactions with others. Some adults with moderate intellectual disabilities who exhibit limited functional speech are often overlooked as candidates for AAC…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Moderate Mental Retardation, Expressive Language, Communication Skills
Download full textMyers, Chloë – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
The study investigates strategies and contexts for supporting the literacy development of young, augmented speakers, whose difficulties in literacy learning are not explained by their levels of cognition alone. Indeed, quantitative and qualitative differences exist in their literacy experiences at home and school. In this study, four primary…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Elementary School Students, Speech Impairments, Language Impairments
