Issues in AAC research: How much do we really understand?

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 143-150

  Alant, Erna ^a   Bornman, Juan ^a   Lloyd, Lyle L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication context; Complex communication needs; Comprehension; Multimodality; Signs; Symbols

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FACILITATED COMMUNICATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOMENCLATURE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RESEARCH; SYMBOLISM; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 32144448854     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500077986     Document Type: Review

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