Duration of AAC technology use by persons with ALS

Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-381

  Ball, Laura J ^a,c   Beukelman, David R ^a,b   Anderson, Elizabeth ^a   Bilyeu, Denise V ^a   Robertson, Julie ^b   Pattee, Gary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DOCUMENTATION; FACILITATED COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 38049009013     PISSN: 10651438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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