Effects of varying lengths of synthetic speech output on augmented requesting and natural speech production in an adolescent with klinefelter syndrome

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 163-171

  Sigafoos, Jeff ^a   Wermink, Hanneke ^b   Didden, Robert ^b   Green, Vanessa A ^a   Schlosser, Ralf W ^c   O'Reilly, Mark F ^d   Lancioni, Giulio E ^e  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication; IPod touch; Klinefelter syndrome; Natural speech production; Requesting; Speech generating devices; Synthetic speech output

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTATIVE-AND-ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; IPOD TOUCH; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; NATURAL SPEECH; REQUESTING; SPEECH-GENERATING DEVICES; SYNTHETIC SPEECH;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GESTURE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MP3 PLAYER; REINFORCEMENT; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMMUNICATION METHODS, TOTAL; GESTURES; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MP3-PLAYER; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOFTWARE; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 80054872653     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07434618.2011.610355     Document Type: Article

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