Ch18: AAC's

Question 1

Access Barriers

Answer 1

Obstacles that make it difficult for a person with complex communication needs to communicate using an augmentative and alternative

Question 2

Access Barriers

Answer 2

Obstacles that make it difficult for a person with complex communication needs to communicate using an augmentative and alternative communication device or technique (ex. motor limitations and hearing, vision, and cognitive abilities)

Question 3

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Answer 3

• A rapidly progressing neuromuscular disease
• Two types of ALS: bulbar or brainstem ALS and spinal ALS.
• Affects speech in the majority of cases

Question 4

Aphasia

Answer 4

Language disorder affecting both expression and reception of spoken and written language

Question 5

Apraxia

Answer 5

An inability to plan motor movements, where the peripheral components necessary to execute the motion are generally intact

Question 6

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Answer 6

Approaches and systems that are designed to ameliorate the problems faced by persons who have difficulty speaking or writing because of neuromuscular disease or injury

Question 7

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Answer 7

A developmental disorder that is characterized by varying degrees of impairment in communication and social interaction skills, or the presence of restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior

Question 8

Cerebral Palsy

Answer 8

A nonprogressive motor impairment due to a lesion or anomalies of the brain arising in the early stages of its development

Question 9

Complex Communication Needs

Answer 9

Needs possessed by an individual who is not developing speech and language skills or has lost the ability to speak and/or understand spoken or written language

Question 10

Context-Dependent Communicators

Answer 10

AAC user that has reliable symbolic communication but is limited to specific contexts because he is either only intelligible to familiar partners, has insufficient vocabulary, or both

Question 11

Dynamic Communication Displays

Answer 11

An input mode used in augmentative and alternative communication in which the selection set displayed to the user is changed as new choices are made; can be altered easily depending on previous choices and allows reliance on recognition rather than recall

Question 12

Dysarthria

Answer 12

A disorder of motor speech control resulting from central or peripheral nervous system damage; characterized by weakness, slowness, and incoordination of the muscles necessary for speech

Question 13

Emergent Communicators

Answer 13

AAC user that has no reliable method of symbolic expression and is restricted to communicating about here and now concepts

Question 14

Icon Prediction

Answer 14

A feature of Minspeak-based augmentative and alternative communication devices that aids in recalling stored sequences

Question 15

Independent Communicators

Answer 15

AAC user that is able to communicate with unfamiliar and familiar partners on any topic

Question 16

Language

Answer 16

A set of symbols and the rules for organizing their use

Question 17

Opportunity Barriers

Answer 17

Barriers that involve policies, practices, attitudes, knowledge, and skills of those who support the person with complex communication needs

Question 18

Selection Set

Answer 18

• The items available from which user choices are made

- In AAC devices, this is the component that presents the symbol system and possible vocabulary selections to the user

Question 19

Skilled Nursing Facility

Answer 19

Special facility or part of a hospital that provides medically necessary professional services from nurses, physical and occupational therapists, speech pathologists, and audiologists

Question 20

Speech

Answer 20

The oral representation of language

Question 21

Stroke

Answer 21

Incidence of irregular blood flow within the brain causing an interruption in brain function