Effects of word prediction and location of word prediction list on text entry with children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 147-162

  Tam, Cynthia ^a   Reid, Denise ^b   Naumann, Stephen ^a   O'Keefe, Bernard ^b  

^a HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Physical impairment; Single subject design; Software; Typing rate; Word list; Word prediction; Writing aid

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER KEYBOARD SUBSTITUTES (HANDICAPPED AID); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEXT PROCESSING;

ALTERNATING TREATMENTS DESIGN; HYDROCEPHALUS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE KEYREP; SPINA BIFIDA; TEXT ENTRY; WORD PREDICTION; WRITING AID;

WORD PROCESSING;

EID: 0036710811     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434610212331281241     Document Type: Article

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