Profile of speech-language pathology care focused on Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Iranian Speech -Language Pathologists’ Awareness of Alternative and Augmentative Communication Methods

Objectives: Alternative and Augmentative communication ( AAC ) provides a means of effective communication to persons with severe impairments in speech comprehension and production. The aim of this study was to examine the awareness of Iranian speech-language pathologists (SLPs) of AAC services. Methods:  A total of 111 SLPs who were selected by convenience sampling took part in this cross-sec...

Preparation in augmentative and alternative communication: an update for speech-language pathology training.

PURPOSE To report on data from the current survey about academic and clinical education in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), as well as to compare these findings with earlier surveys in an attempt to identify any changes being made as programs in the United States implement the new certification standards of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in the area of speech-...

Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologists With Respect to Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Technical Report

Reference this material as: American Speech-LanguageHearing Association. (2004). Roles and responsibilities of speech-language pathologists with respect to augmentative and alternative communication: Technical report. ASHA Supplement 24, in press.

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Models and Applications for Educators, Speech-Language Pathologists, Psychologists, Caregivers, and Users

Towards Augmentative Speech Communication

Speech is the most natural form of communication for human beings and is often described as a unimodal communication channel. However, it is well known that speech is multimodal in nature and includes the auditive, visual, and tactile modalities. Other less natural modalities such as electromyographic signal, invisible articulator display, or brain electrical activity or electromagnetic activit...