Identifying patterns of communicative behaviors in girls with Rett syndrome

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-61

  Hetzroni, Orit E ^a,b   Rubin, Corinne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Communicative behaviors; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EYE MOVEMENTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

COMMUNICATIVE BEHAVIORS; EYE GAZING; RETT SYNDROME;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETT SYNDROME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; RETT SYNDROME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33745713095     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461390500387320     Document Type: Article

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