Whole utterance approaches in AAC

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-254

  Todman, John ^a   Alm, Norman ^a   Higginbotham, Jeff ^b   File, Portia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication rate; Communicative competence; Speech generating device; Whole utterance devices; Whole utterances

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

COMMUNICATION RATE; COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE; SPEECH GENERATING DEVICE; WHOLE UTTERANCE DEVICES; WHOLE UTTERANCES;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

COMMUNICATION AID; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; REVIEW;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; HUMANS;

EID: 53449094242     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220802388271     Document Type: Article

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