Acceptance of augmentative and alternative communication technology by persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-122

  Ball, Laura J ^a   Beukelman, David R ^a,b,c   Pattee, Gary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Inst for Rehab Science and Eng

Author keywords

Adult motor speech disorders; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Dysarthria

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PATIENT TREATMENT; SPEECH;

ADULT MOTOR SPEECH DISORDERS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; DYSARTHRIA;

COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR NONVOCAL PERSONS;

EID: 2942640159     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0743461042000216596     Document Type: Article

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