Using voice recognition software to improve communicative writing and social participation in an individual with severe acquired dysgraphia: an experimental single-case therapy study

Aphasiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2016, Pages 245-268

  Caute, Anna ^a   Woolf, Celia ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aphasia; assistive technology; digital participation; social participation; therapy; writing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; COGNITIVE FUNCTION TEST; DYSGRAPHIA; DYSLEXIA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF MONITORING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPEECH THERAPY; SPEECH TRAINING SYSTEM; WRITING;

EID: 84949100028     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2015.1041095     Document Type: Article

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