Influence of length of augmented message on children's attitudes toward peers who use augmentative and alternative communication

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 239-249

  Beck, Ann R ^a   Kingsbury, Kelly ^a   Neft, Allison ^a   Dennis, Marcia ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Children; Phrase length

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONTEXT FREE LANGUAGES; VIDEO TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT;

AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; PHRASE LENGTH;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0034479947     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434610012331279094     Document Type: Article

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