A Systematic Review of Tablet Computers and Portable Media Players as Speech Generating Devices for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3792-3804

  Lorah, Elizabeth R ^a   Parnell, Ashley ^a   Whitby, Peggy Schaefer ^a   Hantula, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; iPad; iPod; Speech generating device; Verbal behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MANUAL SIGN LANGUAGE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PICTURE EXCHANGE; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH GENERATING DEVICE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; COMMUNICATION AID; META ANALYSIS; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH; TEACHING;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; HUMANS; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH;

EID: 84947865402     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2314-4     Document Type: Article

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