Background: With the rapid population ageing that is occurring world-wide, there is
increasing interest in “smart home” technologies that can assist older adults to continue …

Individuals with complex communication needs often use alternative access technologies to
control their augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices, their computers …

Background Successful communication is vital to quality of life. One group commonly facing
speech and communication difficulties is individuals with intellectual disability (ID). A novel …

Individuals who rely on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices to
support their communication often have physical movement challenges that require …

Children with severe physical impairments require a variety of access options to
augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and computer technology. Access …

The aim was to compare the presence of environmental barriers to participation and
facilitators for assistive technology (AT) use and study the relation between barriers and AT …

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Background Voice output communication aids (VOCAs) are a key form of aided
communication within the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). In …

Purpose. This study explores the experiences of Irish people with high cervical spinal cord
injuries living with electronic aids to daily living (EADL) and the meaning attributed to such …

Speech supplementation strategies improve spoken communication for people with motor
speech disorders who experience reduced speech intelligibility. The purpose of this review …