Using a speech-generating device to enhance communicative abilities for an adult with moderate intellectual disability

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 376-386

  Cheslock, Melissa A ^a   Barton Hulsey, Andrea ^a   Romski, MaryAnn ^a   Sevcik, Rose A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION AID; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MEDICAID; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MEDICAID; SPEECH ARTICULATION TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58249088941     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/2008.46:376-386     Document Type: Article

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