IPads, mobile technologies, and communication applications: A survey of family wants, needs, and preferences

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-36

  Meder, Allison M ^a   Wegner, Jane R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

AAC; Families; IPads; Mobile technology; Preferences

Indexed keywords

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; PURCHASING; SURVEYS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

AUGMENTATIVE-AND-ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNICATION APPLICATION; FAMILIES; IPADS; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; PREFERENCES; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS;

DECISION MAKING;

ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMMUNICATION AID; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DOWN SYNDROME; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923075984     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07434618.2014.995223     Document Type: Article

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