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Christine Holyfield; Elizabeth Lorah – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2023
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of two AAC technologies on indices of happiness for school-age children with multiple disabilities during interactions with their school speech-language pathologists. The study applied a post host secondary analysis of a previously completed single-subject alternating treatment design study…
Descriptors: Children, Multiple Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Assistive Technology
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Leonhartsberger, Sabine; Huber, Eva; Brandstötter, German; Stoeckel, Ruth; Baas, Becky; Weber, Christoph; Holzinger, Daniel – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2022
Motor learning principles guide treatment of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Previous studies found children to benefit from higher-intensity conditions; however, they did not control for the total amount of therapy time. The aims of the article are to examine the effects of high versus low treatment frequency in intervention for CAS in…
Descriptors: German, Outcomes of Treatment, Speech Therapy, Motor Development
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Sjögreen, Lotta; Mårtensson, Åsa; Ekström, Anne-Berit – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a slowly progressive multi-systemic disease with an autosomal-dominant inheritance caused by a mutation on chromosome 19 (19q13.3). Aims: To explore speech characteristics in a group of individuals with the congenital and childhood-onset forms of DM1 in terms of intelligibility, speech-sound…
Descriptors: Diseases, Muscular Strength, Speech Impairments, Video Technology
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Gillespie-Smith, K.; Riby, D. M.; Hancock, P. J. B.; Doherty-Sneddon, G. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2014
Background: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may require interventions for communication difficulties. One type of intervention is picture communication symbols which are proposed to improve comprehension of linguistic input for children with ASD. However, atypical attention to faces and objects is widely reported across the autism…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Communication Problems
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van der Meer, Larah; Kagohara, Debora; Achmadi, Donna; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Sutherland, Dean; Sigafoos, Jeff – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
We compared speed of acquisition and preference for using a speech-generating device (SGD) versus manual signing (MS) as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) options. Four children with developmental disabilities (DD), aged 5-10 years, were taught to request preferred objects using an iPod[R]-based SGD and MS. Intervention was…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Developmental Disabilities, Children
Curtis, Daniel B. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Research evaluating augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) options shows general support for various strategies (e.g., manual sign, picture exchange) in teaching individuals with autism (ASD) and intellectual disabilities (ID) to request basic wants and needs. However, the overall quality and quantity of research is diluted by the…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Mental Retardation, Comparative Analysis
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Drager, Kathryn D. R.; Reichle, Joe; Pinkoski, Carrie – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2010
Purpose: Many computer-based augmentative and alternative communication systems in use by children have speech output. This article (a) provides a scoping review of the literature addressing the intelligibility and listener comprehension of synthesized speech output with children and (b) discusses future research directions. Method: Studies…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Listening Comprehension, Speech Communication, Children
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Bellon-Harn, Monica L.; Harn, William E. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2008
Adult scaffolding during repeated storybook reading was developed for children who use speech as their primary expressive modality, but through the use of augmentative and alternative communication, it has been extended to children who do not have functional, intelligible speech. Scaffolding strategies during repeated storybook reading and during…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Language Impairments, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Story Reading
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Patel, Rupal; Schooley, Katherine; Radhakrishnan, Rajiv – Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits, 2006
Two prototype voice output communication aids were implemented to compare methods of graphic symbol message formulation; one emulated current devices that require syntactical ordering of icons (Default) and the other used semantic frames (iconCHAT). Message constructions of eight typically developing children (7-10 years of age) using both…
Descriptors: Semantics, Syntax, Assistive Technology, Comparative Analysis
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Noens, I.; van Berckelaer-Onnes, I.; Verpoorten, R.; van Duijn, G. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006
Background: The ComFor (Forerunners in Communication) is an instrument to explore underlying competence for augmentative communication. More specifically, it measures perception and sense-making of non-transient forms of communication at the levels of presentation and representation. The target group consists primarily of individuals with autism…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Verbal Communication, Psychometrics