Purpose: This study explored the practices and experiences of teachers who teach students
using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), more specifically, speech …

Background Despite early identification and intervention, many children who are deaf/hard
of hearing (D/HH) demonstrate significant gaps in language development which can directly …

METHODS: Children aged 3 to 12 years with mild to profound bilateral hearing loss were
enrolled in a single-site randomized controlled trial. Children were randomly assigned to …

Purpose: Pilot study to assess the effect of augmentative and alternative communication
technology to enhance language development in children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing …

Purpose: This article reports a pilot study that combined clinical training and academic
instruction in a graduate-level augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) course …

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the feasibility of a telepractice communication partner
intervention for children who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and …

Purpose Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions have been
deemed efficacious. However, even with the medium to large effect sizes, there is a paucity …

School speech-language pathologists (SLPs; n= 233), via survey, provided the following
business-as-usual (BAU) augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) practices:(a) …

In recent years the availability of, and access to, augmentative and alternative
communication (AAC) systems has led to its use with an increasing number of children who …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to further evaluate an eight-step partner instructional
model developed by Kent-Walsh and McNaughton that has been demonstrated to improve …