Performance of typically developing four- and five-year-old children with AAC systems using different language organization techniques

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 63-88

  Light, Janice ^a   Drager, Kathryn ^a   McCarthy, John ^a   Mellott, Suzanne ^a   Millar, Diane ^a   Parrish, Craig ^a   Parsons, Arielle ^a   Rhoads, Stacy ^a   Ward, Maricka ^a   Welliver, Michelle ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Children; Language organization; Learning

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PERFORMANCE; SPEECH CODING;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; CHILDREN; LANGUAGE ORGANIZATION TECHNIQUES; LEARNING;

COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR NONVOCAL PERSONS;

EID: 2942648621     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434610410001655553     Document Type: Article

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