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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

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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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Supporting students with complex communication needs: special education teachers' reflections on their training. 支持有复杂交流需求的学生：特殊教育教师培训的思考。

IF 1.6 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-18 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2024.2440764

Miriam C Boesch, M Alexandra Da Fonte, Gillian C Neff, Kaitlyn R Shaw, Liann L Mathew, Jennifer F Lipof

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Supporting effective alternative access for individuals with physical disabilities: state of the science, emerging technologies, and future research directions. 支持身体残疾人士的有效替代途径：科学现状、新兴技术和未来研究方向。

IF 2.3 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2499676

Heidi Koester, Susan Koch Fager, Jessica Gormley, Erik Jakobs, Kelli Johnsen, Jon Brumberg

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How Ableism impacts people who use AAC. 残疾歧视如何影响使用AAC的人。

IF 2.3 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2489662

Lateef McLeod

{"title":"How Ableism impacts people who use AAC.","authors":"Lateef McLeod","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2489662","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2489662","url":null,"abstract":"Ableism is a form of oppression with pernicious consequences for people who use AAC. Historically, Ableist ideologies led to attempts to erase disability from the social fabric (e.g., the Eugenics movement). Speechism is the prejudice and discrimination of people because their language, use of language, or mode of expression is deemed inferior. Speechism and Ableism obstruct the true reality of the experiences of people who use AAC. Ableism presumes that the abled-bodied experience is the only legitimate and valid experience and does not recognize that many disabled people experience their lives very differently. This perspective makes invisible the ableist experiences that disabled people have to face in many facets of our lives. This problem is compounded for people who use AAC who may face challenges explaining the full extent and impact of these ableist experiences. As an AAC community, we must confront Ableism in our field and industry by always prioritizing the lived experiences of people who use AAC in the development of AAC technology and policy. People who use AAC must be at the decision table regarding everything that involves us as a community. We can have an anti-ableist future only if disabled people lead the way.","PeriodicalId":49234,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and Alternative Communication","volume":" ","pages":"200-202"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13110068/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144129335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Dismantling societal barriers that limit people who need or use AAC: lived experiences, key research findings, and future directions. 消除限制人们需要或使用AAC的社会障碍：生活经验，主要研究成果和未来方向。

IF 2.3 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-26 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2508490

Janice Light, Susan K Fager, Jessica Gormley, Glenda Watson Hyatt, Erik Jakobs

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A personal commentary about disability inclusion, and representation in research. 关于残疾包容和研究中的代表性的个人评论。

IF 2.3 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2499685

Anjali J Forber-Pratt

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Overcoming barriers to literacy for individuals who need or use AAC: lived experiences, key research findings, and future directions. 为需要或使用AAC的个人克服识字障碍：生活经验、主要研究成果和未来方向。

IF 2.3 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2502032

Janice Light, Christine Holyfield, David McNaughton, Dana Nieder, Jamie Preece

{"title":"Overcoming barriers to literacy for individuals who need or use AAC: lived experiences, key research findings, and future directions.","authors":"Janice Light, Christine Holyfield, David McNaughton, Dana Nieder, Jamie Preece","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2502032","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2502032","url":null,"abstract":"Literacy supports participation in education, employment, healthcare, and community living, and enhances communication for individuals who need or use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Research has demonstrated that individuals with developmental disabilities who need or use AAC can successfully acquire a wide range of literacy skills when provided with effective tools and evidence-based, adapted instruction delivered by trained professionals. Unfortunately, individuals who need or use AAC typically face significant barriers to literacy learning: (1) They may be excluded from literacy instruction or only have access to instruction that requires spoken responses severely limiting their participation; (2) Their service providers may not be trained to provide effective instruction; and (3) They may not have access to AAC that supports the transition to literacy. Future research is urgently required to: develop and evaluate adapted assessment and instruction; improve professional training; and ensure uptake of evidence-based literacy instruction in schools. Future technology development is required to: support the transition from graphic symbols to literacy; build a text-rich environment to support literacy learning; and assist service providers in instructional decision making and material adaptation. Future research and development must prioritize inclusion of individuals who use AAC in meaningful roles to maximize relevancy and impact.","PeriodicalId":49234,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and Alternative Communication","volume":" ","pages":"283-294"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13122432/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144112323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Crossing the communication chasm. 跨越沟通鸿沟。

IF 2.3 3区医学

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2025.2499681

Melissa Crisp-Cooper

{"title":"Crossing the communication chasm.","authors":"Melissa Crisp-Cooper","doi":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2499681","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07434618.2025.2499681","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on reducing social isolation for people who cannot rely on spoken words to communicate. It is based on my experiences and perspectives. Technology has made social inclusion easier and harder. Sending emails or texts has opened doors. Technology has also sped up communication. It can be hard to find space in conversations. I use different communication methods depending on the situation, my message, or the listener. Using my voice with patient, familiar communication partners is the best way to express myself. Talking to others can be a frustrating experience. Sometimes I ask others to revoice my words. Paid communication supporters are difficult to find, train, and retain. For messages to new communication partners, I pre-type my thoughts into my AAC. The robotic voice is not my voice. It is another piece of technology that highlights how differently we interact with the world. We can advocate for a world where all AAC users are valued and included by: designing technology that adapts to the needs of each user; funding qualified communication supporters; implementing stronger employment policies; creating access to AAC that goes beyond functional needs; building community; and educating communication partners to assume competence and be patient listeners.","PeriodicalId":49234,"journal":{"name":"Augmentative and Alternative Communication","volume":" ","pages":"223-225"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13091667/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144129333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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