Speech-language therapists perspectives on tele-augmentative and alternative communication (tele-AAC) across three low-and middle-income countries.

IF 2.1 3区医学 Q1 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2025-03-31 DOI:10.1080/07434618.2025.2476143

Nimisha Muttiah, Kerstin M Tönsing, Amanda Blackwell, Juan Bornman, Karla Armendariz, Kathryn D R Drager

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Abstract

Most individuals with disabilities live in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) where healthcare services such as speech-language therapy are limited. The challenge of accessing services was compounded by the COVID-19 global pandemic, leaving many people who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) vulnerable. The aim of this study was to investigate the nature of tele-AAC across three LMICs as described by speech-language therapists (SLTs). Although studies have been published about speech-language therapy services provided via telepractice, some specifically on AAC services, none of these have examined the impact of having to rapidly pivot to tele-AAC in LMICs. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 SLTs from three LMICs to explore their experiences. SLTs shared the impact that tele-AAC had on their work, their experiences, benefits and challenges including broader challenges of service provision in LMIC contexts.

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三个低收入和中等收入国家的语言治疗师对远程辅助和替代沟通（远程- aac）的看法。

大多数残疾人生活在低收入和中等收入国家（LMICs），那里的医疗保健服务，如言语治疗是有限的。COVID-19全球大流行加剧了获取服务的挑战，使许多使用辅助和替代通信（AAC）的人变得脆弱。本研究的目的是探讨由语言治疗师（SLTs）描述的三种低收入人群的远程aac的性质。尽管已经发表了关于通过远程实践提供的语言治疗服务的研究，其中一些专门针对AAC服务，但这些研究都没有研究必须迅速转向远程AAC对中低收入国家的影响。我们对来自三个中低收入国家的15名学生进行了半结构化访谈，以探讨他们的经历。slt分享了远程aac对其工作、经验、利益和挑战的影响，包括在低收入和中等收入国家背景下提供服务的更广泛挑战。

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Augmentative and Alternative Communication AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-

CiteScore

2.80

自引率

15.00%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： As the official journal of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC), Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) publishes scientific articles related to the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) that report research concerning assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and education of people who use or have the potential to use AAC systems; or that discuss theory, technology, and systems development relevant to AAC. The broad range of topic included in the Journal reflects the development of this field internationally. Manuscripts submitted to AAC should fall within one of the following categories, AND MUST COMPLY with associated page maximums listed on page 3 of the Manuscript Preparation Guide. Research articles (full peer review), These manuscripts report the results of original empirical research, including studies using qualitative and quantitative methodologies, with both group and single-case experimental research designs (e.g, Binger et al., 2008; Petroi et al., 2014). Technical, research, and intervention notes (full peer review): These are brief manuscripts that address methodological, statistical, technical, or clinical issues or innovations that are of relevance to the AAC community and are designed to bring the research community’s attention to areas that have been minimally or poorly researched in the past (e.g., research note: Thunberg et al., 2016; intervention notes: Laubscher et al., 2019).