Parachute without a ripcord: The skydive of communication interaction

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 292-303

  Smith, Martine M ^a   Murray, Janice ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aided communication; Metaphor; Outcome measurement; Skydiving

Indexed keywords

AIDED COMMUNICATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNICATION INTERACTION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES; METAPHOR; SKYDIVING;

SPEECH;

COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMMUNICATION AID; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVIATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955247066     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07434618.2011.630022     Document Type: Article

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