Functional Communication in Individuals with Chronic Severe Aphasia Using Augmentative Communication

Evaluation of an Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention for Individuals with Aphasia

the relationship of wtc with communication apprehension and self-perceived communication competene in english and persian context

بیشتر تحقیقات پیشین در زمینه تمایل به برقراری ارتباط به رابطه آن با عوامل فردی چون سن، جنس، نوع شخصیت و... صورت گرفته است. در صورتی که مطالعات کمتری به بررسی رابطه تمایل به برقراری ارتباط زبان آموزان فارسی زبان با ترس از برقراری ارتباط و توانش خود ادراکانه آنها در برقراری ارتباط در محیط فارسی و انگلیسی انجام شده است. بر اساس نظریه الیس (2008) تمایل به برقراری ارتباط جایگاه مهمی در زمینه آموزش م...

Towards Augmentative Speech Communication

Speech is the most natural form of communication for human beings and is often described as a unimodal communication channel. However, it is well known that speech is multimodal in nature and includes the auditive, visual, and tactile modalities. Other less natural modalities such as electromyographic signal, invisible articulator display, or brain electrical activity or electromagnetic activit...

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) for adults with severe aphasia: where we stand and how we can go further.

PURPOSE To review literature specific to the use of AAC with adults who have severe aphasia. METHOD The authors reviewed studies involving AAC interventions for adults with severe aphasia. RESULTS Published data support the use of aided and unaided AAC with adults with severe aphasia in controlled treatment contexts. Reported gains in communication typically have not generalized to everyday...

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems

The history of using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems for communication is rather brief. Prior to 1975, there were descriptions of nonspeaking individuals using simple letter boards, picture boards, and typewriters to communicate messages (Goldberg & Fenton, 1960; Goldstein & Cameron, 1952; McDonald & Schultz, 1973; Vicker, 1974). The early use of AAC systems was limited...