A Language Activity Monitor for Supporting AAC Evidence-Based Clinical Practice

Assistive Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 12-22

  Hill, Katya J ^a   Romich, Barry A ^b  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Prentke Romich Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication; Evidence based practice; Language activity monitor; Outcomes measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; ACCURACY; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; EVALUATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MICROCOMPUTER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PERSONAL MONITOR; PERSONAL MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPEECH; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SOFTWARE; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTERS; SPEECH;

AUTOMATED PERFORMANCE MONITORING TOOLS; LANGUAGE ACTIVITY MONITORING (LAM);

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035752127     PISSN: 10400435     EISSN: 19493614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2001.10132030     Document Type: Article

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