Speech-generating devices versus manual signing for children with developmental disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1658-1669

  van der Meer, Larah ^a   Kagohara, Debora ^a   Achmadi, Donna ^a   O'Reilly, Mark F ^b   Lancioni, Giulio E ^c   Sutherland, Dean ^d   Sigafoos, Jeff ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication; Communication intervention; Developmental disability; Manual signing; Preference assessment; Speech generating device

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVICES; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANUAL SIGNING; OBJECT RELATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH GENERATING DEVICE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MP3-PLAYER; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 84860274850     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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