AAC Lecture 16 Flashcards
what is AAC?
An area of clinical practice that addresses the needs of individuals with complex communication needs who have impairments in speech/ language production
what is congenital disabilities that may benifit from AAC include
cerebral palsy
developmental apraxia of speech
developmental disability
genetic disorders
intellectual disability
what is acquired disabilities that may benefit from AAC
Cerebravascular accidents (stroke)
traumatic or acquired brain injures
neurodegenenerative diseases such as als, progressive supranuclear palsy
primary progressive aphasia and apraxia
what is unaided communication systems
non spokeb means of natural communication does not require an external tool
what is aided communication system
requires some form of external too either electronic or non electronic
what is light tech/low tech
eye gaze boards, writing, laser light pointers on an alphabet or communication board
good for non movement paitent
what is mid tech
simplistic, voice output devices
typically able to push buttons
High Tech
Computers and speech generating devices
what is synthesized speech
electronically produced speech, which allows text to speech output
what is digitized speech( recorded speech
message banking
unavailable languages
Noises or laughter
what is direct selection
electronic or non eletronic
done with direct physical touch
done with a generated movement or signal
examples of direct selection
touch
keyboard
mouse
what are supports for touchscreen access adaptive styluses
T-bar
cosmonaut
easy flex anabling devices
what is first priority
need to determine a consisten and reliable AAC access methods
what are some displays
Dynamic
fixed
visual scenes
hybrid
what is dynamic
the screen display changes when an icon is slected
what is fixed
the display is static and does not change when a picture or symbol is selected
what is visual scenes
they can be fixed or dynamic meant to provided a high level of contexual support
what is hybrid
combination of both fixed and dynamic
what are the treatment goals
improve functional communication
increase language and literacy skills
improve speech production and comprehensibility when the use of multiple modalities
decrease challenging behaviors
improved social communication
what is communicative competence
to freely express ideas thoughts and feelings to a variety of listeners across contexts. achieve personal education, vocational and social goals
what are the four individual competencies
linguistic
operational
strategic
social
what is transparent
symbols are readily guessable in the absence of the referent such as a photograph or written word
what is opaque
symbols are not readily guessable even when the meaning of the symbol is known such as an individualized jesters
