The effect of the communication output method on augmented interaction

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-153

  Higginbotham, D Jeffery ^a   Kim, Kyung Eun ^b   Scally, Christine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication aid; Communication rate; Communicative; Discourse strategies; Interaction; Interface design; Rate

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR NONVOCAL PERSONS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

AUGMENTED INTERACTION; COMMUNICATION RATE; DISCOURSE STRATEGIES;

BIOCOMMUNICATIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DISABLED PERSON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DISABLED PERSONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34248682437     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434610601045344     Document Type: Article

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