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The effect of AAC training programs on professionals' knowledge, skills and self-efficacy in AAC: a scoping review. AAC培训项目对专业人员在AAC方面的知识、技能和自我效能的影响：范围综述。

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Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2024-08-07 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2024.2381462

Cathy Flores, Shakila Dada

{"title":"The effect of AAC training programs on professionals' knowledge, skills and self-efficacy in AAC: a scoping review.","authors":"Cathy Flores, Shakila Dada","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2024.2381462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2024.2381462","url":null,"abstract":"Since effective and successful AAC service delivery relies on the knowledge and competence of professionals in the field of AAC, sufficient training in AAC will equip professionals to provide quality AAC service delivery. However, many professionals lack training in AAC and structured opportunities for professional development are sorely needed. As there is no consensus on the amount, mode of delivery and content of AAC training, the purpose of this scoping review was to identify AAC training programs for professional development and to describe the characteristics and effects of such programs. A five-pronged search strategy was used to identify relevant studies. The certainty framework was used to appraise the quality of included studies. Charted data included general study characteristics; participant characteristics; training characteristics (i.e., training goals; instructional materials and strategies; training duration); quality appraisal; and reported effects of the training. The scoping review identified 34 studies for inclusion. The results showed the potential of AAC training programs for continuous professional development to increase professionals' skills in AAC intervention. A range of training characteristics was identified to guide the development of future training programs. Gaps in the research related to the training of AAC professionals were also identified to guide future research.","PeriodicalId":49234,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and Alternative Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141898711","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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Picture book videos incorporating key word signing for children who require AAC and their families: design and evaluation of a multimedia-enhanced setting. 为需要辅助认知功能的儿童及其家人制作包含关键词手语的图画书视频：设计和评估多媒体增强设置。

IF 2.1 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2024-07-12 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2024.2370821

Meike Cruz Leon, Isabel Zorn

{"title":"Picture book videos incorporating key word signing for children who require AAC and their families: design and evaluation of a multimedia-enhanced setting.","authors":"Meike Cruz Leon, Isabel Zorn","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2024.2370821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2024.2370821","url":null,"abstract":"Key word signing (KWS) is an unaided form of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and is frequently used by children with cognitive impairments and their families. Successful implementation of KWS requires a family environment that provides aided language input by modeling the signs. However, families face challenges implementing the signs in their everyday lives. KWS requires effort and sustained parental commitment. Users may also struggle with finding good learning resources and stimulating and enjoyable shared contexts for communication. Signed videos of popular children's books may help to implement KWS and create a signing environment which exposes children and their families to KWS in meaningful ways. The aim of this study was to create videos of this type and investigate whether and how they might serve as an attractive medium of support for families' KWS experience. Three families tested the videos. A triangulated qualitative study incorporating interviews and participant observation explored the families' experience of using these videos as a context for shared communication. The findings suggest that picture book videos supplemented by KWS may be appropriate resources for the use of KWS in everyday family life. They serve as a child-centered activity involving KWS exposure, in which children and their families can participate joyfully and naturally.","PeriodicalId":49234,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and Alternative Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141591845","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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Augmentative and alternative communication for individuals with post-stroke aphasia: perspectives of South African speech-language pathologists. 针对中风后失语症患者的辅助和替代性交流：南非语言病理学家的观点。

IF 2.1 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2024-07-12 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2024.2374303

Inge Odendaal, Kerstin M Tönsing

{"title":"Augmentative and alternative communication for individuals with post-stroke aphasia: perspectives of South African speech-language pathologists.","authors":"Inge Odendaal, Kerstin M Tönsing","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2024.2374303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2024.2374303","url":null,"abstract":"This qualitative study aimed to describe speech-language pathologists' (SLPs') perspectives on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) use for people with post-stroke aphasia focusing on: (a) current AAC practice, (b) factors that influence the use of AAC, and (c) the success and relevance of AAC interventions. Semi-structured interviews took place with ten South African SLPs with experience in aphasia intervention. The transcribed interviews were thematically analyzed using a six-phase process of inductive and deductive analysis within a phenomenological framework. All the participants use AAC with their clients, employing a variety of approaches that reflect their diverse settings, experiences, and perspectives on AAC. AAC use is complex, and SLPs make conscious choices considering multiple factors. Barriers to use were often associated with limited resources in the low- and middle-income country (LMIC) context, but most participants retained a positive view of AAC, actively working to circumvent barriers to use. Participants consistently emphasized the vital role of partners in communication interactions, linked to the importance of defining AAC broadly. It is necessary to advance the integration of AAC into rehabilitation plans to improve communication and social participation outcomes for people with post-stroke aphasia, especially in LMICs such as South Africa.","PeriodicalId":49234,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and Alternative Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141591844","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 2.1 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub 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":"https://doi.org/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":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","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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A comparison of differing organizational formats for teaching requesting skills to children with autism. 比较向自闭症儿童教授请求技能的不同组织形式。

IF 2.1 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2024-07-08 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2024.2370825

May M Agius, Jois Stansfield, Janice Murray

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Developing a screening instrument for underlying core domains of communicative competence in children with communication support needs. 开发一种筛查工具，用于筛查有沟通支持需求儿童的基本沟通能力核心领域。

IF 2.1 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2024-07-05 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2024.2367991

Stijn R J M Deckers, Marieke van Onna, Elske Gros, Hans van Balkom

{"title":"Developing a screening instrument for underlying core domains of communicative competence in children with communication support needs.","authors":"Stijn R J M Deckers, Marieke van Onna, Elske Gros, Hans van Balkom","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2024.2367991","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2024.2367991","url":null,"abstract":"A socio-neurocognitive approach to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) shows several underlying domains of communicative competence: Attention, perception, cognition, memory, orientation, socio-emotional development, motor skills, and language. To determine developmental markers of these underlying core domains of communicative competence in children with communication support needs, we developed a new screening instrument. The present article consists of three consecutive studies. In study 1, we constructed the first version of the screening instrument based on a sample of both children without disabilities and children with Down syndrome. In study 2, we confirmed the reliability (i.e., internal consistency) of the screening instrument in a new group of young children with typical development and established concurrent validity with the Early Language Scale. In study 3, we established concurrent validity with the Communication Matrix in a clinical sample of children with communication support needs. The screening instrument can be used in clinical practice as part of AAC assessment to provide comprehensive insights into strengths and weaknesses in the underlying core domains of communicative competence of children with communication support needs.","PeriodicalId":49234,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and Alternative Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141535700","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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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 2.1 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2024-06-30 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2024.2367975

Kylie Robinson, Shelley Lund

{"title":"Perspectives from individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication on communication access in restaurant settings.","authors":"Kylie Robinson, Shelley Lund","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2024.2367975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2024.2367975","url":null,"abstract":"Communication accessibility has been defined by many scholars and organizations, but it is generally described as clear communication that everyone can access and understand. The objective of this manuscript was to assess communication accessibility for people who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) within a variety of restaurant settings through interviewing five adults who utilize AAC as their primary form of communication. Interviews were qualitatively coded and revealed common communication accessibility themes restaurants and restaurant staff were not implementing, such as direct communication and increasing AAC awareness. The implications of the interview data include its potential usage in training restaurant staff and management to utilize communication accessibility tips and features to increase the communication accessibility of the restaurant patrons they serve, especially for individuals who use AAC. This could then lead researchers in creating a formal training schema for restaurants to implement into their businesses reliably and effectively.","PeriodicalId":49234,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and Alternative Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141471934","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 2 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub 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":"https://doi.org/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":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-08","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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Guessability of Indian picture symbols for communication (IPSC) and picture communication symbols (PCS) among Malayalam-speaking typical adults. 讲马拉雅拉姆语的典型成年人对印度图画交流符号（IPSC）和图画交流符号（PCS）的可猜测性。

IF 2 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2024-06-08 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2024.2359944

Vineetha Sara Philip, Rajinder Koul, S P Goswami

{"title":"Guessability of Indian picture symbols for communication (IPSC) and picture communication symbols (PCS) among Malayalam-speaking typical adults.","authors":"Vineetha Sara Philip, Rajinder Koul, S P Goswami","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2024.2359944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2024.2359944","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceived symbol referent relationship for selected symbols in typical adults for two different symbol sets: Indian Picture Symbols for Communication (IPSC) and Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) to identify cultural influences on symbol recognition. A total of 240 typical adults, including 120 nonprofessionals, and 120 health professionals, from Kerala, a southern state in India, participated in the study. A guessability task involving IPSC and PCS symbols for 30 target referents was utilized. Guessability scores for each participant as well as each symbol stimuli across two symbol sets were determined. The guessability scores for IPSC were significantly (p <.001) higher than PCS. For both symbol sets, nouns were the most accurately guessed, followed by verbs, adjectives, and prepositions. The results also revealed that prompting and previous exposure to symbols tend to influence the transparency of symbols. Error analyses revealed that visual and conceptual cues within a symbol tend to influence guessability. The results indicate that cultural and linguistic factors play a role in symbol guessability. The study highlights the importance of investigating the iconicity of IPSC and PCS symbols across different populations within India, before using symbols for educational/clinical purposes.","PeriodicalId":49234,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and Alternative Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141293881","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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Simulation of other-initiated repair using AAC. 使用AAC模拟其他启动的修复。

IF 2 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2024-06-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2023.2271563

Alexis S Rayman, Antara Satchidanand, Jeff Higginbotham

{"title":"Simulation of other-initiated repair using AAC.","authors":"Alexis S Rayman, Antara Satchidanand, Jeff Higginbotham","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2023.2271563","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07434618.2023.2271563","url":null,"abstract":"This simulation study assessed the ability of Speech-Output Technologies (SOTs) to keep in-time during conversational repair. Fifty-eight Other Initiated Repair (OIR) initiators were collected from transcripts of repair interaction sequences collected from past research. A range of selection latencies were then used to calculate simulated utterance composition delays for the OIR initiators using two popular SOT software apps, with and without the use of word prediction. To determine whether OIR utterances could be produced within a socially sensitive temporal gap, composition delay was compared to a conservative temporal limit obtained for oral communicators (Kendrick, 2015). Even at the fastest 0.5 s selection latency level, utterance-level composition delays for both SOTs were substantially greater than the OIR limit set for this study. Next, AAC production rate data spanning a variety of technologies, access methods, tasks and user profiles was obtained from the literature. Communication performance for these groups was then evaluated against the identified temporal OIR limit. None of the user groups were found to be capable of producing full OIR utterances within the temporal limits of oral-speech conversation, with most unable to type even a single selection within these bounds. Because of the frequency and importance of repair in conversation, these results have important implications for designing devices to enable their users to successfully engage in such important conversational activities.","PeriodicalId":49234,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and Alternative Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71428326","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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