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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"nonspeaking"”.
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Towards a phoneme-based predictive communication aid for nonspeaking individuals
… Data from a comparative evaluation with a<br/>nonspeaking male adult showed that his entry rate increased from 1.14 words per<br/>minute (WPM) without prediction to 4.19 WPM with prediction, while his error rate<br/>reduced from 50.0% word error rate (WER) without prediction to 0.0% WER …
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Family Member Experiences With Augmentative And Alternative Communication Systems Used By Nonspeaking Autistic Individuals
<p>Nonspeaking autistic individuals who have no way to communicate cannot share their thoughts, dreams, or desires. The purpose of this qualitative narrative inquiry was to explore the experiences of family members of nonspeaking autistic individuals who use augmentative and alternative …
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Using the computer during assessment with students who are physically handicapped and nonspeaking : Is it feasible?
… among children with physical handicaps who are nonspeaking due to their limited response capacities. More accurate methods of assessment are needed. The use of computers in the assessment of children with physical and nonspeaking handicaps has considerable promise. This pilot study investigated …
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Implementing Augmentative Communication for Aphasic Patients in Convalescent Facilities
… to bridge the communication gap between nonspeaking/nonwriting aphasic patients who communicate with Blissymbols and their direct care personnel as well as family members and others who are significant in their lives.</p> <p>After development, the in-service program was given two …
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Teaching adults with intellectual disabilities to use the Picture Exchange Communication System
… a variety of behavioural techniques to teach nonspeaking individuals functional communication skills. Ten empirical evaluations of PECS have been reported in the literature since it was developed, many of which have considerable weaknesses such as lack of a baseline assessment of using PECS, …
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Externalizing and interpreting autonomic arousal in people diagnosed with autism
… social understanding of people who are nonspeaking, especially those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). For people who experienced with hyper- or hypo-sensory responses (e.g., many people diagnosed with ASD), over-aroused situations or " meltdowns" are often accompanied by …
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Evaluation of Blissymbolics as a Means of Communication for the Deaf-cerebral Palsy Population
… traditional means of communication used with the nonspeaking deaf person (manual sign language) requires well developed fine motor skills. The traditional method for speech habitation of cerebral palsy children is to modify aberrant neuromuscular patterns in hopes of developing intelligible …