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Direct linkJolene 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
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
Grimstvedt, Thea Nygaard; Miller, Jeanette Ullmann; van Walsem, Marleen Regina; Feragen, Kristin J. Billaud – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by a triad of motor, cognitive and psychological symptoms, leading to a gradual breakdown of communication skills. Few studies have investigated how people affected by HD and their professional caregivers, for example, medical doctors, physiotherapists and nurses,…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Diseases, Speech Impairments, Language Impairments
Hengst, Julie A.; Sherrill, Martha H. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2021
This theoretical review article describes "situated discourse analysis" (SDA) and explores its implications for communication sciences and disorders. Drawing on situated theories of cognition and communication, SDA aims to understand "real-time communicative processes" of people engaging in complex "sociocultural…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Sociocultural Patterns, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Ethnography
Download full textBrown, Carrie; And Others – 1992
This final report describes activities and outcomes of a research project on a sound-to-speech translation system utilizing a graphic mediation interface for students with severe disabilities. The STS/Graphics system is a voice recognition, computer-based system designed to allow individuals with mental retardation and/or severe physical…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders, Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces
Peer reviewedSchepis, Maureen M.; Reid, Dennis H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1995
A young adult with multiple disabilities (profound mental retardation, spastic quadriplegia, and visual impairment) was provided with a voice output communication aid (VOCA) which allowed communication through synthesized speech. Both educational and residential staff members interacted with the individual more frequently when she had access to…
Descriptors: Attendants, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Case Studies, Communication Aids (for Disabled)
Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City. Special Education Services Unit. – 1991
These guidelines outline procedures for the communication disorders specialist/speech-language pathologist employed in the Utah public schools. The guidelines are designed to ensure that all students with communication disorders, ages 3-21, will be provided with appropriate speech-language services in the public schools, that the criteria for…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders, Curriculum, Disability Identification
