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Final Exam: Part 1 Flashcards

1
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Define AAC

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It is a set of procedures and processes by which an individuals communication skills can be maximized for functional and effective communication - supplement natural speech/writing with symbols
OR
the field in which you improve (temp or perm) an individuals communication skills

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Goals of AAC

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To help individuals meet their daily communication needs

  1. Communicate messages for conversation
  2. Participate in various settings
  3. Learn language
  4. Develop social roles
  5. Meet personal needs
  6. Communicate messages related to personal care or medical decisions
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AAC input

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Visual supports that help individuals in terms of comprehension, predictability and task organization

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Examples of visual supports

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  1. Schedules
  2. Calendar
  3. Fist this - then
  4. Task strip
  5. Contingency map
  6. Timlines
  7. Physical space organizers
  8. Social Story
  9. 5 point scale
  10. Token board
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What is a social story

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accurately describes a situation, skills or concepts

It is NOT to change the behaviour but improve understanding

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AAC Output

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Symbols that help with expressing his or her message

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Types of symbols

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Aided: picture communication systems, line drawings, blissymbols, and tangible objects

Unaided: manual sign, gestures, and finger spellings

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What are some low tech output devices

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  1. Communication books
  2. Theme based communication displays
  3. PECS
  4. Simple electronic devices (big mac)
  5. Static Display Speech Generating Devices
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What are some high tech input devices

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  1. Dynamic displays speech generating devices
  2. Technology for accessing the SGD: Eyegaze technology
  3. Specialized software for voice output
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Three types of speech output

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  1. Synthesized speech
  2. Text to speech
  3. Digitized speech
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Synthesized Speech

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Speech is artifically produced by a computer

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Text-to-speech

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Does not sound natural but is very flexible

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Digitized Speech

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A real persons actual words and sentences are stored in digital form but sound like natural speech

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Who uses AAC

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  1. Developmental conditions: intellectual disability, CP, Autism
  2. Acquired conditions: TBI, Stroke
  3. Degenerative conditions: ALS, MS, Huntingtons
  4. Implications for intervention
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Why is AAC so slow

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  • You have to train the user
  • You have to train the comm partner
  • You have to set up the device
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AAC Myths

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  1. AAC is a last resort
  2. AAC hinders development of vocal speech
  3. Prerequisit skills must be present
  4. SGD are only for children with intact cognition
  5. Minimum age for AAC
  6. Symbolic hierarchy starting with objects moving to written words
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What do you consider when choosing vocabulary

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  1. Age
  2. Literacy level
  3. Gender
  4. Cultural context
  5. Medical condition
  6. Communication capacity
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How can symbols vary

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It can represent a single morpheme, a word, a phrase or sentence or a paragraph

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What does SNUG stand for

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spontaneous novel utterance generation

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What vocab is needed for SNUG

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Core vocabulary and Fringe vocabulary

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Explain core vocab

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  • Limited set of highly useful words
  • Words that apply across settings
  • Pronouns, verbs, descriptors, and prepositions
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Explain fringe vocab

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  • Specific to a situation or individuals specific interests

- High interest vocab items that come up often

23
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Consider preliterate individuals

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  1. Coverage vocabulary: vocabulary needed to communicate essential messages
  2. Developmental vocabulary: vocabulary needed to learn language, grow vocab based on experiences
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What is a symbol

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Something that stands for something else

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What is iconicity

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To what extend does the symbol resemble the referent

  • influenced by culture
  • some are easier to depict (drink vs. who)
  • iconicity is not relevant prior to age 2
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Factors affecting symbol learning

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  • Motivation, reinforcement value of referent
  • Sense perception: vision, hearing, touch
  • Semantic category: nouns easier than verbs
  • Context: Experience with the world
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Types of aided symbols

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  1. Tangible objects (real objects, partial objects)
  2. Pictorial symbols (photos, line drawings, blissymbols)
  3. Other pictorial systems (pics for PECS, PCR
  4. Orthographic symbols (braille, fingerspelling)
28
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Other ways to encode language

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Using letters, words or categories

  • Words (abbreviations, morse code)
  • Message codes (iconic encoding)
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Orthographic system

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  • others ways of encoding language
  • letter and word prediction
  • Goal is rate enhancement
30
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What is special about minispeak

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It uses one picture symbol that is code for many different meanings
- combined into short sequences to code vocabulary

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Types of unaided symbols

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  1. Facial expressions
  2. Gestures
  3. Manual sign
  4. Vocalizations/speech
  5. Pointing
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What are different types of sign

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  1. Sign systems that are alternative to the spoken language (ASL)
  2. Sign systems that are parallel to the spoken language (syntax, grammar – signing exact english)
  3. Sign systems that supplement a spoken language (fingerspelling)
  4. Tactile sign
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Benefits of unaided

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Total communication
Sign plus speech
Multi-modal (sign plus speech or aided aac plus speech)

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Aided vs Unaided for response efficacy and task analysis

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Unaided = topographically based
Aided = selection based

Aided takes less time to portray the request

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How are symbols organized?

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Grid display, visual scene or hybrid

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Types of grid displays

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  • Semantic-syntactic: organized according to parts of speech
  • Taxonomic: categories
  • Activity
  • Pragmatic Organization Dynamic Display: organized according to function of message and operational commands
37
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The fitzgerald key

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based on color coding different aspects of language (pronouns, verbs, nouns, social etc)

38
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Deteriorating neurological conditions

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  • ALS
  • Parkinsons
  • Huntingtons
  • MS
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Acquired neurological conditions

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  • Traumatic brain injury

- Brainstem involvement (locked in syndrome)

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Congenital neurological conditions

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  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Rett Syndrome
  • Metabolic disorders
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What is the impact of a physical disability

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  1. Self care
  2. Social interaction
  3. Play
  4. Language
  5. Literacy
  6. Daily routines
  7. Environmental controls
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Selection set: Types of displays

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Dynamic, Static, visual scene, hybrid

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Selection Set: Characteristics of display

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  • Number of items
  • Size of item or overall display
  • Spacing between items
  • Orientation (floor, horizontal)
  • Color
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Selection Techniques: Direct

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  • Physical contact
  • Physical pressure or depression
  • Pointing with no contact (eye gaze, pointing with optic tech)
45
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Selection Technique: Indirect

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Low Tech
- Partner assisted scanning
This is more beneficial than a computer because a human can adjust timing, focus less on motor skill and more on nonverbal cues

46
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Activation feedback…

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lets you know that the item has been selected

47
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Message feedback…

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Lets you know the message has been formulated

48
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First Choice: direct or indirect

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Direct is always your first choice

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Factors impacting how someone may access communication systems

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  • Medical diagnosis
  • Preference
  • Supportive environment/Comm partner
  • Communication needs
  • Communicative competence
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Types of communicative competence

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Linguistic
Operational
Social
Strategic

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