AAC Midtwerm

Question 1

Fixed Displays

Answer 1

Not changing, EG a sheet of paper with pictures on it

Question 2

Dyminc Displays

Answer 2

The screen changes EG food icon takes you to a screen of food choices

Question 3

Hybrid Displays

Answer 3

a combo – eg: a step sequencer. The message can change, but it’s a set message and you can’t pick what’s beyond what is sequenced into the device.

Question 4

Visual scene display

Answer 4

This is a picture with hot spots. You touch the hot spots for words that are represented by the picture. Picture of events work well.

Question 5

Display orientation is in relation to the ________.

Answer 5

Floor

Question 6

What are standard icon sizes?

Answer 6

½ in, 1 in, 3 in. Really, it just needs to be large enough for the client to see.

Question 7

Physical contact

Answer 7

touch. Does not mean putting pressure on it. It simply means to touch something.

Question 8

Physical pressure or depression

Answer 8

must exert pressure on a selected key, think keyboard

Question 9

pointing

Answer 9

there is no contact. client selects by pointing at target.

Question 10

timed activation

Answer 10

must apply pressure for x amount of time. This is good for individuals who do not have quick reflexes, or the ability to press/release (eg: someone who drags his or her hand).

Question 11

release activation

Answer 11

only activated upon release

Question 12

What is filtered activation, and for whom does it work best?

Answer 12

When an individual is accessing the set, filtered activation will select the item that the individual has contacted most. This is best for someone with a tremor and their hand touches something repeatedly.

Question 13

What is scanning?

Answer 13

A system that is set up with many options. It is best for individuals that cannot select directly.

Question 14

Circular scanning

Answer 14

scans in a circular pattern

Question 15

linear scanning

Answer 15

scans lines

Question 16

group-item scanning. useful for?

Answer 16

aka categories. This is especially useful for alphabet boards.

Question 17

Scanning timing and speed

Answer 17

Some individuals may require more time because of motor or cognitive limitations.

Question 18

Directed (inverse) scanning

Answer 18

Hold button down first, and when you get to the one you want, you let it go. Selection is on the release of the button, not the depression of the button.

Question 19

Automatic (regular or interrupted) scanning

Answer 19

Scanning starts, when you see the one that you want, you press and release. Selection is done on the depression of the switch.

Question 20

Step scanning

Answer 20

Press until you get to the one that you want. If you want the 3rd one, you press the button three times to get to it.

Question 21

Activation Feedback

Answer 21

Sensory feedback that lets you know you’ve made a selection. EG: When you shut your phone off and you hear a click/swoosh that indicates you’ve shut down your device. It may also be a vibration, or another tactile feeling.

Question 22

Message feedback

Answer 22

This is more of an auditory or visual feedback. The message itself is not important here – it’s just to say that they’ve successfully selected the communication set. Communication partners should be aware of message feedback.

Question 23

What is message output and input?

Answer 23

This is the actual message

Question 24

text-to-speech

Answer 24

Type message, and a voice speaks what is written

Question 25

Digitized speech

Answer 25

Natural speech that has been put into a recorder to make it as natural as possible (proloquo, and dynavox).

Question 26

advantages to synthesized speech

Answer 26

provides a mode of communication that it relatively easy to understand. It is non-threatening to listeners and allows communication with nonliterate partners. Allows communication without having to first gain attention. Comm can be done from a distance.

Question 27

cons to synthesized speech

Answer 27

choosing a voice is a very personal, difficult decision to make.

Question 28

VIsual output

Answer 28

A supportive output method for AAC. It serves to clarify messages when the listener does not understand synthetic or natural speech. Basically, a written message.

Question 29

Hard Copy

Answer 29

A printer may be a part of a communication device, or an adjunct to it. It produces a permanent, “hard copy” output on paper.

Question 30

Computer screen messages

Answer 30

These are widely used in AAC technology as feedback and output. May utilize orthographic and/or specialized symbols.

Question 31

Unaided symbols

Answer 31

Non-electronic forms of output such as gestures or manual signs that impose memory requirements on both of the participants in the communicative exchange. No permanent display is available, and all of the gestures or manual signs must be produced from memory by the sender and processed in memory by the receiver.

Question 32

What are non-electronic symbol displays?

Answer 32

Communication partners interact directly with the symbol set itself. As the person who uses AAC identifies the symbols of choice, the partner formulates the message, often speaking it aloud as feedback