...Eliada Pampoulou; Donald R. Fuller Purpose Graphic symbols have been used widely in the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). The advancement of technology in recent years has stimulated their development even further, thereby providing speech-language pathologists (SLPs...

...Samantha Wallis; Steven Bloch; Michael Clarke Purpose The purpose of this paper is to document augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) training provision by clinical services in England. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire was used to obtain the following information...

... Commended Award This article originally appeared in Volume 5 Number 4, 2011, pp. 169-80, Journal of Assistive Technologies www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/17549451111190597 Keywords Augmentative and alternative communication, Children (age groups), Outcomes, Interviews, Views...

... keyboard is where each key equates to a number of possible symbol outputs. Ambiguous keyboards are now relatively common place thanks to the rapid growth of mobile phone text messaging using the numeric keypad (Figure 1) [1] . Within the augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) field ambiguous...

... Publishing Limited 2011 Augmentative and alternative communication ICF Multi‐agency working Participation Children (age groups) Communication aids Communication technologies The communication, learning and technology (CLT) service at Great Ormond Street Hospital offers additional opinions...

... of use, of range of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) tools. Findings The paper describes the different AAC interventions and their success or otherwise in supporting the young person. It also describes key educational and therapeutic aspects of his management. Changes in the young...

.... This decision was also supported by the presentation of a further horizontal line with opposing poles presenting “important”, “not important” and a mid‐way point indicating “in between”. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 The provision of new augmentative and alternative communication (AAC...

... approaches can be effective in facilitating communication for individuals with chronic severe Broca's aphasia. The overall findings are discussed in terms of clinical and public policy implications. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Aphasia Augmentative and alternative communication...