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Provision of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Interventions to Norwegian Preschool Children with Cerebral Palsy: Are the Right Children Receiving Interventions?
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Lillehaug, Hilde Aven; Klevberg, Gunvor Lilleholt; Stadskleiv, Kristine – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Preschool children with cerebral palsy (CP) with no or unintelligible speech need augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), but not all children needing AAC have access to it. This study describes the use and perceived benefit of AAC and explores factors associated with receiving AAC interventions. Using a cross-sectional design, we…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Cerebral Palsy, Speech Impairments, Foreign Countries
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
Implementation of the C-BiLLT, an Accessible Instrument to Assess Language Comprehension in Children with Limited Motor and Speech Function: An International Clinician Survey
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Bootsma, Jael N.; Stadskleiv, Kristine; Phoenix, Michelle; Geytenbeek, Johanna J. M.; Gorter, Jan Willem; McCauley, Dayle; Fiske, Sara; Campbell, Fiona; Crews, Natasha; Cunningham, Barbara Jane – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
This study assessed implementation of the Computer-based Instrument for Low-motor Language Testing (C-BiLLT). The C-BiLLT is an accessible language comprehension assessment tool originally developed for children with cerebral palsy and complex communication needs. The purpose of the current study was to understand the clinical contexts in which…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Cerebral Palsy, Communication Disorders, Computer Assisted Testing
Speech-Language Pathologists' Perceptions of Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Thailand
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Kamonsitichai, Wansiya; Goldstein, Howard – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems are not well-known and broadly used in Thailand. To begin introducing AAC systems and interventions to children with complex communication needs in Thailand, understanding speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) perceptions toward various AAC systems is an important first step. This study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders, Children
Emotional Availability in Mothers and Their Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 Who Require Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study
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Shahar-Lahav, Ravit; Sher-Censor, Efrat; Hebel, Orly – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2022
Emotional availability in parent-child interactions fosters children's socioemotional development. Little is known about the emotional availability of parents and children with profound motor disabilities and complex communication needs or the contributions of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to emotional availability. To begin…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Emotional Response, Physical Disabilities
Mental Health Matters: A Pilot Study Exploring the Experiences and Perspectives of Individuals with Complex Communication Needs
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Watson, Eleanor; Raghavendra, Parimala; Crocker, Ruth – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2021
Mental health and wellbeing are foundational in human interaction and life satisfaction. Persons with complex communication needs are at risk of reduced mental health and wellbeing. The aim of this project was to identify the facilitators and barriers that individuals with complex communication needs experience when attending to their mental…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Well Being, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Adults
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