New and emerging access technologies for adults with complex communication needs and severe motor impairments: State of the science

S Koch Fager, M Fried-Oken, T Jakobs… - Augmentative and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Individuals with complex communication needs often use alternative access technologies to
control their augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices, their computers …

Supporting communication for patients with neurodegenerative disease

M Fried-Oken, A Mooney, B Peters - NeuroRehabilitation, 2015 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Communication supports, referred to as augmentative and alternative
communication (AAC), are an integral part of medical speech-language pathology practice …

Communicative competence for individuals who require augmentative and alternative communication: A new definition for a new era of communication?

J Light, D McNaughton - Augmentative and Alternative …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In 1989, Light defined communicative competence for individuals with complex
communication needs who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) as a …

Designing AAC research and intervention to improve outcomes for individuals with complex communication needs

J Light, D Mcnaughton - Augmentative and Alternative …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
There is a rapidly growing body of research that demonstrates the positive effects of
augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) intervention on the communication of …

Telling tales: unlocking the potential of AAC technologies

A Waller - International journal of language & communication …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has been transformed by the social
media revolution made possible by the emergence of mobile technology. The cumbersome …

“My world has expanded even though I'm stuck at home”: Experiences of individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis who use augmentative and alternative …

J Caron, J Light - American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2015 - ASHA
Purpose This study aimed to expand the current understanding of how persons with
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (pALS) use augmentative and alternative communication and …

Using images with individuals with aphasia: Current research and clinical trends

J Brown, A Thiessen - American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2018 - ASHA
Purpose Visuographic supports in the form of images are utilized during assessment and
treatment for individuals with aphasia to supplement speech, language, and cognitive losses …

ALS: management problems

JR Brent, CK Franz, JM Coleman… - Neurologic …, 2020 - neurologic.theclinics.com
Discussion In the United States, under Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
guidelines, for people living with neuromuscular disease (ALS, muscular dystrophy, or …

Large-scale investigations of AAC usage patterns: Trends, autism, and stacked autoencoders

A Atyabi, L Boccanfuso, JC Snider… - 2023 IEEE 13th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) applications are platforms that provide
means for non-speech communication. One class of AAC apps are speech-generating …

From basic to applied research to improve outcomes for individuals who require augmentative and alternative communication: Potential contributions of eye tracking …

J Light, D McNaughton - Augmentative and Alternative …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In order to improve outcomes for individuals who require AAC, there is an urgent need for
research across the full spectrum–from basic research to investigate fundamental language …