Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

Periodical Web Site:

http://www.isaac-online.org/en/publications/aac.html

ISSN:

0743-4618

Published by:

International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC)

125 articles listed on AbleData

1. "A Child Needs to be Given a Chance to Succeed": Parents of Individuals Who Use AAC Describe the Benefits and Challenges of Learning AAC Technologies
2. "Don't Give Up": Employment Experiences of Individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
3. "Getting Your Wheel in the Door": Successful Full-Time Employment Experiences of Individuals with Cerebral Palsy Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
4. "I Have Chosen to Live Life Abundantly": Perceptions of Leisure by Adults Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
5. "Reach for the Stars": Five Principles for the Next 25 Years of AAC
6. “Communication Is Everything:” The Experiences of Volunteers Who Use AAC
7. A Back Door Approach to Autism and AAC
8. A Comparison of Communication Using the Apple iPad and a Picture-Based System
9. A Comparison of Picture Exchange and Speech-Generating Devices: Acquisition, Preference, and Effects on Social Interaction
10. A Demographic Survey of Children and Adolescents With Complex Communication Needs in Israel
11. A Qualitative Analysis of Email Interactions of Children Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
12. A Survey of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Service Provision in Hong Kong
13. AAC for Adults with Acquired Neurological Conditions: A Review
14. AAC Menu Interface: Effectiveness of Active versus Passive Learning to Master Abbreviation-Expansion Codes
15. AAC Technologies for Young Children with Complex Communication Needs: State of the Science and Future Directions
16. AAC Technologies to Enhance Participation and Access to Meaningful Societal Roles for Adolescents and Adults with Developmental Disabilities who Require AAC
17. Acceptance of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology by Persons With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
18. Access to AAC: Present, Past, and Future
19. Accessible Reading Intervention: A Work in Progress
20. An AAC Application Using Speaking Partner Speech Recognition to Automatically Produce Contextually Relevant Utterances: Objective Results
21. An Examination of Preference for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices With Two Boys With Significant Intellectual Disabilities
22. An Investigation of Aided Language Stimulation: Does It Increase AAC Use With Adults With Developmental Disabilities and Complex Communication Needs?
23. An Investigation of Different Degrees of Dysarthric Speech as Input to Speaker-Adaptive and Speaker-Dependent Recognition Systems
24. Assessing Comprehension of Spoken Language in Nonspeaking Children With Cerebral Palsy: Application of a Newly Developed Computer Based Instrument
25. Attitudes of Children Toward an Unfamiliar Peer Using an AAC Device With and Without Voice Output
26. Attitudes Toward Communication Modes and Message Formulation Technique Used for Storytelling by People With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
27. Attitudes Toward Individuals Who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Research Review
28. Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Israel: Results from a Family Survey
29. Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology Learning Part 1: Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention Specialists
30. Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology Learning Part 2: Professional Students
31. Augmentative Communication Employment Training and Supports (ACETS)
32. Children's Ideas for the Design of AAC Assistive Technologies for Young Children With Complex Communication Needs
33. Communication Access in the Library for Individuals Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
34. Communicative Spontaneity of Children With High Support Needs who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems I: Classroom Spontaneity, Mode, and Function
35. Communicative Spontaneity of Children With High Support Needs who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems II: Antecedents and Effectiveness of Communication
36. Comparison of Three Head-Controlled Mouse Emulators in Three Light Conditions
37. Compliance With Walking Aid Use in Children With Cerebral Palsy in India
38. Contributions of Principles of Visual Cognitive Science to AAC System Display Design
39. Conversation Patterns of Three Adults Using Aided Speech: Variations Across Partners
40. Conversational Topics Between a Child With Complex Communication Needs and her Caregiver at Mealtime
41. Critical Issues in the Inclusion of Students Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: An Educational Team Perspective
42. DECtalk(TM) and VeriVox(TM): Intelligibility, Likeability, and Rate Preference Differences for Four Listener Groups
43. Development and Evaluation of a Minspeak Application Using Blissymbols: Experiences from Two Case Studies
44. Differences Among Sighted Individuals and Individuals With Visual Impairments in Word Intelligibility Presented via Synthetic and Natural Speech
45. Do Individuals from Diverse Cultural and Ethnic Backgrounds Perceive Graphic Symbols Differently?
46. Effectiveness of Using Discrete Utterance Speech Recognition Software
47. Effects of Speech Output on Maintenance of Requesting and Frequency of Vocalizations in Three Children with Developmental Disabilities
48. Effects of Word Prediction and Location of Word Prediction List on Text Entry with Children with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
49. Egyptian Speech Therapists Want More Knowledge About Augmentative and Alternative Communication
50. Ending the Silence: Adults Who Use Augmentative Communication and Their Experiences as Victims of Crimes
51. Enhancing AAC Connections with the World
52. Enhancing the Appeal of AAC Technologies for Young Children: Lessons from the Toy Manufacturers
53. Evaluation of a Speech Recognition Prototype for Speakers With Moderate and Severe Dysarthria: A Preliminary Report
54. Evaluation of the Coherence of Computer-Aided Conversations
55. Evidence-Based Practice in Augmentative and Alternative Communication
56. Exploring the Elements of Narrative That Emerge in the Interactions Between an 8-Year-Old Child who Uses an AAC Device and Her Teacher
57. Factors Influencing Ratings of Speech Naturalness in Augmentative and Alternative Communication
58. Functional Communication in Individuals With Chronic Severe Aphasia Using Augmentative Communication
59. General Education Teachers' Experiences with Inclusion of Students who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
60. Generalization of a Pictorial Alternative Communication System Across Instructors and Distance
61. Generalization of Skills Using Pictographic and Voice Output Communication Devices
62. Grammatical Issues in Graphic Symbol Communication
63. Hierarchy of Conversational Rule Violations Involving Utterance-Based Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems
64. Impact of the Picture Exchange Communication System: Effects on Communication and Collateral Effects on Maladaptive Behaviors
65. Implementing Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Inclusive Educational Settings: A Case Study
66. Improving Web Access for Individuals Who Rely on Augmentative and Alternative Communication
67. Improving Word Prediction Using Markov Models and Heuristic Methods
68. Inclusive Education for High School Students With Severe Intellectual Disabilities: Supporting Communication
69. Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities and Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Analysis of Survey Data on Uptake of Aided AAC and Loneliness Experiences
70. Influence of Communicative Competence and Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technique on Children's Attitudes Toward a Peer Who Uses AAC
71. Intelligibility of Children’s Speech in Digitized Speech
72. Interaction Between Children With Cerebral Palsy and Their Peers 1: Organizing and Understanding VOCA Use
73. Interaction Between Children With Cerebral Palsy and Their Peers 2: Understanding Initiated VOCA-Mediated Turns
74. Interpretation of Graphic Symbol Utterances
75. Issues Affecting Staff Enhancement of Speech-Generating Device Use Among People With Severe Cognitive Disabilities
76. 'I've Got Something to Say': Interaction in a Focus Group of Adults With Cerebral Palsy and Complex Communication Needs
77. Key Principles Underlying Research and Practice in AAC
78. Long-Term Outcomes for Individuals Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Part 1 - What is a "Good" Outcome?
79. Long-Term Outcomes for Individuals Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Part II - Communicative Interaction
80. Long-Term Outcomes for Individuals Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Part III - Contributing Factors
81. Memory Aids as an Augmentative and Alternative Communication Strategy for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
82. Message Retrieval for Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury
83. Navigating Evidence-Based Information Sources in Augmentative and Alternative Communication
84. Navigation of a Dynamic Screen AAC Interface by Survivors of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
85. Opening Up a 'Whole New World': Employer and Co-Worker Perspectives on Working With Individuals Who Use Alternative and Augmentative Communication
86. Participant Evaluations of Rate and Communication Efficacy of an AAC Application Using Natural Language Processing
87. Performance of Typically Developing Four- and Five-Year-Old Children With AAC Systems Using Different Language Organization Techniques
88. Person-Focused Learning: A Collaborative Teaching Model to Prepare Future AAC Professionals
89. Perspectives of Speech Language Pathologists Regarding Success Versus Abandonment of AAC
90. Post-School Quality of Life for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Who Use AAC
91. Qualitative Analysis of Decision Making by Speech Language Pathologists in the Design of Aided Visual Displays
92. Re-Designing Scanning to Reduce Learning Demands: The Performance of Typically Developing 2-Year-Olds
93. Research Priorities in Augmentative and Alternative Communication as Identified by People Who Use AAC and Their Facilitators
94. Roles of Speech Output in Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Narrative Review
95. Segmental Intelligibility of Three Text-To-Speech Synthesis Methods in Reverberant Environments
96. Selecting Graphic Symbols for an Initial Request Lexicon: Integrative Review
97. Speech Synthesis in Background Noise: Effects of Message Formulation and Visual Information on the Intelligibility of American English DECTalk
98. Strategies in Construction and Interpretation of Graphic-Symbol Sequences by Individuals Who Use AAC Systems
99. Synthesized Speech Intelligibility Among Native Speakers and Non-Native Speakers of English
100. Synthetic Speech Perception in Individuals With and Without Disabilities
101. Teaching Latino Parents to Support the Multi-Symbol Message Productions of their Children who Require AAC
102. Telephone Communication: Synthetic and Dysarthric Speech Intelligibility and Listener Preferences
103. Telephone Talk: Effects of Timing and Use of a Floorholder Message on Telephone Conversations Using Synthesized Speech
104. The Bridge School: Educational Inclusion Outcomes Over 15 Years
105. The ComAlong Communication Boards Parents Use and Experiences of Aided Language Stimulation
106. The Dual Challenges of Aided Communication and Adolescence
107. The Effect of Aging and Synthetic Topic Cues on the Intelligibility of Dysarthric Speech
108. The Effect of Aided AAC Modeling on the Expression of Multi-Symbol Messages by Preschoolers Who Use AAC
109. The Effect of Context Priming and Task Type on Augmentative Communication Performance
110. The Effect of Direct Instruction and Writer's Workshop on the Early Skills of Children Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
111. The Semantic Organization Patterns of Young Children: Implications for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
112. The Swedish Speech Interpretation Service: An Exploratory Study of a New Communication Support Provided to People With Aphasia
113. The Use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Methods With Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities: A Research Review
114. The Use of Visual Supports in Teaching Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder to Initiate Interactions
115. Thinking About Conducting Culturally Sensitive Research in Augmentative and Alternative Communication
116. Traditional Versus Computerized Presentation and Response Methods on a Structured AAC Assessment Tool
117. Trends in Augmentative and Alternative Communication Use by Individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
118. Use of Aided Language Stimulation to Improve Syntactic Performance During a Weeklong Intervention Program
119. Use of Speech-Generating Devices: In Support of Natural Speech
120. Using Dynamic Assessment With Learners Who Communicate Nonsymbolically
121. Using the WHO-ICF With Talking Mats to Enable Adults With Long-Term Communication Difficulties to Participate in Goal Setting
122. Using Written Stories to Support the Use of Narrative in Conversational Interactions: Case Study
123. Visual Supports for Shared Reading With Young Children: The Effect of Static Overlay Design
124. Vocabulary to Support Socially-Valued Adult Roles
125. Whole Utterance Approaches in AAC

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