Assistive Technology for Speech and Communication problems

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Assistive Technology for Speech and Communication
problems

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• Jyh-Jong Chang
• Email jjchang_at_kmu.edu.tw
• Office CS505
• Tel 2644
• Webpage http//app.rm.kmu.edu.tw/chang/

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Communication impairments

• Speech-motor impairments
• Having difficulty using their vocal cords, facial
  muscles or breathing organs to produce and/or
  control their speech
• Parkinsons disease, cerebral palsy, multiple
  sclerosis, muscular dystrophies
• Language-cognitive
• Having problems on a cognitive level when their
  ability to receive, process and produce spoken
  language is disturbed
• Stroke, Brain injuries, Alzheimers disease

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Impacts of communication impairments

• Communication impairments have a major effect on
  the persons social contacts ?social isolation
• non-intelligent
• Self-esteem and self-respect can be diminished

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Assistive technology (AT) for communication
impairments
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• Communication impairments are more complicated to
  solve than vision, hearing or physical
  impairments
• The most important thing to remember is to be
  willing to communicate and to allow the person
  time to communicate

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Augmentative and Alternativecommunication (AAC)

• Augmentative and Alternative (relpacement)
• Low-tech and high-tech
• Dynamic and static
• Simple and complicated

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Low-tech devices

• Non-electronic systems or devices such as picture
  communication boards and charts or paper and
  pencil
• Simple electronic communicators
• they offer the user a quick, powerful and
  flexible method of communication

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• Pointing to, or touching, the required symbol on
  a display is a common method of accessing a
  low-tech communication system
• It is also possible to use scanning techniques
  (listener scanning) to access a low-tech
  communication system

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Direct selection (pointing) and indirect
selection (scanning)
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High-tech devices

• Simple or sophisticated electronic devices
  including simple communicators, dedicated
  communication systems and computer systems
  programmed to provide communication capabilities

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• Computer systems consist of a special purpose
  computer and software with symbol library, and
  digitised sound or a speech synthesiser can be
  used for output

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• Dedicated communication aids
• Designed solely for the means of providing an
  alternative to oral speech or to augment an
  individuals speech

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• Symbol/icon-based systems

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• http//tw.youtube.com/watch?v_GVzSKbsrSU
• http//tw.youtube.com/watch?vGT2pJrArbWsampfeat
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Summary

• Speech-motor impairments and Language-cognitive
• Augmentative and Alternative Device (AAC)
• AAC vs. speech and communication problems