Navigation of a dynamic screen AAC interface by survivors of severe traumatic rain injury

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 242-254

  Wallace, Sarah E ^a   Hux, Karen ^b   Beukelman, David R ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Dynamic AAC systems; Navigation; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AAC SYSTEMS; AUGMENTATIVE-AND-ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY; CONTEXTUALIZATION; ERROR TYPES; IMAGE CONDITIONS; NAVIGATION ACCURACY; NAVIGATION SPEED; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES;

BRAIN; NAVIGATION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION AID; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR; TIME;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649374544     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07434618.2010.521895     Document Type: Article

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