The understandability of AAC: A conversation analysis study of acquired dysarthria

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 272-282

  Bloch, Steven ^a   Wilkinson, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Conversation Analysis; Conversational Repair; Intelligibility; Understandability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR NONVOCAL PERSONS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; CONVERSATION ANALYSIS; CONVERSATIONAL REPAIR; DYSARTHRIA;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 11344272923     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434610400005614     Document Type: Article

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