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Identifying P300 brain-computer interface training strategies for AAC in children: a focus group study. 确定儿童AAC的P300脑机接口训练策略：焦点小组研究。

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Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-27 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2495912

Kevin M Pitt, Jamie B Boster

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Move to learn: considerations for providing upright, hands-free, self-initiated mobility to children with severe physical and communication disabilities. 移动学习：为有严重身体和沟通障碍的儿童提供直立、免提、自主行动能力的考虑。

IF 1.6 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-06 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2495903

Fei Luo, Sarah W Blackstone

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Introduction to the forum on the role of basic science in AAC access. 关于基础科学在AAC获取中的作用论坛的介绍。

IF 1.6 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-28 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2495906

Krista M Wilkinson, Dawn J Sowers

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Consideration of artificial intelligence applications for interpreting communicative movements by individuals with visual and/or motor disabilities. 考虑人工智能在解释视觉和/或运动障碍个体的交流运动中的应用。

IF 1.6 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2495905

Krista M Wilkinson, Dawn J Sowers, Lynn R Elko, Mitchell Case, Sharon Redmon, Kevin Williams, Tanuj Namdeo, Syed Billah

{"title":"Consideration of artificial intelligence applications for interpreting communicative movements by individuals with visual and/or motor disabilities.","authors":"Krista M Wilkinson, Dawn J Sowers, Lynn R Elko, Mitchell Case, Sharon Redmon, Kevin Williams, Tanuj Namdeo, Syed Billah","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2495905","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2495905","url":null,"abstract":"Access to speech-language therapies that promote optimal communication outcomes is a fundamental right outlined by the United Nation's Article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as well as the Communication Bill of Rights of the National Joint Committee on the Communication Needs of Persons with Severe Disabilities. For many individuals, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) offers an important set of supports for realizing this critical human right. Yet despite a strong evidence base, many AAC systems are not tailored to the support needs of individuals with visual and/or motor impairments. In this paper we explore the potential for artificial intelligence to interpret body-based communicative movements (including gestures) into speech output. The team, which includes individuals with motor impairments, developed and tested a prototype application that shifts the burden of access off the AAC user and onto the application, through the use of body-based sensors. The effort demonstrated proof of concept that the prototype could learn meaningful idiosyncratic gestures and ignore unintentional ones. Movement sensors interpreted the gestures regardless of the user's or communication device's position, reducing constraints on its usability, potentially increasing the flexibility of AAC access. Dedicated research is needed to confirm this possibility.","PeriodicalId":49234,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and Alternative Communication","volume":" ","pages":"56-68"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144081438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Smart Predict: adding partner-suggested vocabulary to increase efficiency in a dual tablet AAC typing application. 智能预测：在双平板电脑 AAC 键入应用程序中添加伙伴建议的词汇，以提高效率。

IF 1.6 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-20 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2024.2374314

Melanie Fried-Oken, Michelle A Kinsella, Erik Jakobs, Tom Jakobs, Aimee Mooney, Betts Peters, Rebecca Pryor, Scott Spaulding

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Perspectives from individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication on communication access in restaurant settings. 使用辅助和替代性交流手段的个人对餐厅环境中交流通道的看法。

IF 1.6 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-30 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2024.2367975

Kylie Robinson, Shelley Lund

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Mental health and mental health problems among users of AAC: a scoping review. AAC使用者的心理健康和心理健康问题：范围审查。

IF 1.6 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-22 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2024.2434680

Jørn Østvik, Mats Granlund, Astrid Røsland Seim

{"title":"Mental health and mental health problems among users of AAC: a scoping review.","authors":"Jørn Østvik, Mats Granlund, Astrid Røsland Seim","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2024.2434680","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07434618.2024.2434680","url":null,"abstract":"Functional communication is crucial for mental health and for coping with mental health problems. People with disabilities are at increased risk of mental health problems, and people who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) are reported to be at greater risk of depression and anxiety than people without impairments. This scoping review summarizes existing knowledge about the mental health and mental health problems of people who use AAC. The review includes nine publications, published between 2001 and 2022. These mainly report on adults and elderly people who use AAC. Four of the nine publications included people who use AAC due to acquired impairments. None of the studies reported the prevalence of mental health problems and only a few addressed factors of positive mental health. The results indicate a shortage of theoretical accounts for most of the publications included, and the publications are not built on each other. The scarcity of knowledge is discussed in relation to the idea that the need for communicative support is a need based on communicative functioning rather than any diagnostic category and thus not visible in much of the health literature based on diagnostic categories. Several implications for practice and research are suggested.","PeriodicalId":49234,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and Alternative Communication","volume":" ","pages":"320-332"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142878347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Environmental factors contributing to using spelling in communication: Perceptions of literate aided communicators. 在交流中使用拼写的环境因素：识字辅助交流者的看法。

IF 1.6 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-08 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2024.2359936

Paulina Finak, Heather M Aldersey, Martine M Smith, Beata Batorowicz

{"title":"Environmental factors contributing to using spelling in communication: Perceptions of literate aided communicators.","authors":"Paulina Finak, Heather M Aldersey, Martine M Smith, Beata Batorowicz","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2024.2359936","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07434618.2024.2359936","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this interpretive qualitative study was to explore how environmental factors influence the transition from relying solely on graphic symbols to using spelling in face-to-face communicative interactions, from the perspective of literate adults with speech and motor impairments who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Fourteen adults either chose to submit a written story with weekly email follow-up, took part in interviews conducted via Zoom1, or chose to communicate solely by email. Researchers analyzed data using Charmaz's (2014) constructivist grounded theory approach. The analysis yielded three themes explaining environmental factors relevant to the transition from using graphic symbols to spelling in communication: (a) access to AAC systems and services; (b) knowledgeable and supportive communication partners who have high expectations; and (c) opportunities to learn reading, writing, and spelling. Supportive factors included providing sufficient time for spelling in communicative interactions, structured learning opportunities for practice and independence, opportunities to learn through socially meaningful interactions and having print-rich and language-rich activity settings. Slow speed in navigating graphic symbols and lack of ability to express an exact message were motivational reasons for participants to use spelling in communicative interactions. The interaction among environmental factors and person-related characteristics warrants further investigation.","PeriodicalId":49234,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and Alternative Communication","volume":" ","pages":"355-368"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141293880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The development of synthetic child speech in three South African languages. 南非三种语言中儿童合成语音的发展。

IF 1.6 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-11 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2024.2374312

Camryn Terblanche, Tyler T Schnoor, Michal Harty, Benjamin V Tucker

{"title":"The development of synthetic child speech in three South African languages.","authors":"Camryn Terblanche, Tyler T Schnoor, Michal Harty, Benjamin V Tucker","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2024.2374312","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07434618.2024.2374312","url":null,"abstract":"It is well-known that children with expressive communication difficulties have the right to communicate, but they should also have the right to do so in whichever language they choose, with a voice that closely matches their age, gender, and dialect. This study aimed to develop naturalistic synthetic child speech, matching the vocal identity of three children with expressive communication difficulties, using Tacotron 2, for three under-resourced South African languages, namely South African English (SAE), Afrikaans, and isiXhosa. Due to the scarcity of child speech corpora, 2 hours of child speech data per child was collected from three 11- to 12-year-old children. Two adult models were used to \"warm start\" the child speech synthesis. To determine the naturalness of the synthetic voices, 124 listeners participated in a mean opinion score survey (Likert Score) and optionally gave qualitative feedback. Despite limited training data used in this study, we successfully developed a synthesized child voice of adequate quality in each language. This study highlights that with recent technological advancements, it is possible to develop synthetic child speech that matches the vocal identity of a child with expressive communication difficulties in different under-resourced languages.","PeriodicalId":49234,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and Alternative Communication","volume":" ","pages":"333-344"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141581307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Parent-implemented AAC verb symbol intervention with children with ASD. 对患有 ASD 的儿童进行由家长实施的 AAC 动词符号干预。

IF 1.6 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2024.2408422

Cindy Gevarter, Erin Gallegos

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