The Impact of interface design during an initial high-technology AAC experience: A collective case study of people with Aphasia

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 314-328

  Dietz, Aimee ^a   Weissling, Kristy ^b   Griffith, Julie ^a   McKelvey, Miechelle ^c   MacKe, Devan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

AAC; Aphasia; Assessment; Augmentative and alternative communication; Personally relevant materials; Text; Visual scene displays; VSDs

Indexed keywords

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; PHOTOGRAPHY;

APHASIA; ASSESSMENT; AUGMENTATIVE-AND-ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; TEXT; VISUAL SCENE; VSDS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; SOFTWARE; SPEECH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84913530863     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07434618.2014.966207     Document Type: Article

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