Augmentative and alternative communication on tablet to help persons with severe disabilities

Grigis, Daniela; Lazzari, Marco

doi:10.1145/2499149.2499175

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“…Digital communication aids such as tablet computers are, however, relatively new in dementia care, and the scientific documentation is sparse. In a multiple case study of five persons with severe cognitive and motor disabilities, tablet computers with applications improved the participants' opportunities to express their choices and feelings, and to develop their social networks (Grigis & Lazzari, 2013). There are also indications that tablet computers may serve as memory support, enhance everyday conversation and interpersonal relationships, and improve the quality of life for people with dementia (Alm et al, 2004;Upton, Jones, Jutla, & Brooker, 2011).…”

Section: Communication Support and Dementiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Digital communication support and Alzheimer’s disease

2015

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Communication is one of the areas where people with dementia and their caregivers experience most challenges. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of possibilities and pitfalls of using personalized communication applications installed on tablet computers to support communication for people with dementia and their conversational partners. The study is based on video recordings of a woman, 52 years old, with Alzheimer's disease interacting with her husband in their home. The couple was recorded interacting with and without a tablet computer including a personalized communication application. The results from the present study reveal both significant possibilities and potential difficulties in introducing a digital communication device to people with dementia and their conversational partners. For the woman in the present study, the amount of interactive actions and the number of communicative actions seem to increase with the use of the communication application. The results also indicate that problems associated with dementia are foregrounded in interaction where the tablet computer is used.

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Section: Communication Support and Dementiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Digital communication support and Alzheimer’s disease

2015

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“…All stakeholders need extensive knowledge, which in turn can be improved through training opportunities. Encouraging individual case studies (e.g., Grigis and Lazzari, 2013;King et al, 2020) indicate that the use of high-tech AAC can be learned by different user groups. Professionals should be made aware that communication needs exist beyond the personal, close environment and face-to-face interaction, and appropriate resources need to be provided.…”

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Augmentative and Alternative Communication and digital participation

Wahl,

Weiland

2023

Front. Commun.

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Communication is a basic need for all people to fully participate in life. Persons with disabilities may face particular challenges in developing their communication skills and using them appropriately in different situations. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) tools and methods can assist individuals in this process. Increasing digitization has changed the way everyone communicates, and this offers opportunities for persons using AAC. This paper briefly outlines what has been achieved in terms of digitalization in AAC. The need for full, adapted access to technology is highlighted and research desiderata are identified.

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“…Another group of users benefiting from AAC solutions are persons with speech disorders and motor impairments. Along this line, we have found works, such as [11], that present the experience of an AAC application with persons with severe language (and motor) impairments who were treated at an adult day center for people with disabilities. This experience testifies that AAC can be successfully applied to severe disabilities and encourages research in this direction.…”

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Design and evaluation of ECO: an augmentative and alternative communication tool

Guasch

Martín-Escalona

Macías

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Univ Access Inf Soc

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Current technology provides new challenges to improve skills on people with special necessities. In fact, persons with communications needs can take advantage of new devices and mobile applications to interact and communicate easily and in the most straightforward way. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems are oriented to users who cannot use natural language due to temporary or permanent impairments, providing an alternative to natural language for communication. In this paper, we present design guidelines for ECO (Easy Communication Application), an AAC tool designed with a User-Centered Design (UCD) approach to make functional communication easier for individuals with complex communication needs. ECO tool has two well-defined modules: the Communication User and the Communication Manager. The former is thought as an AAC tool, whilst the Communication Manager module provides a way to edit the content and fit the dynamics of use and application design to the user's interests. In addition, we present an evaluation of the ECO tool from two different perspectives. On the one hand, we have achieved a heuristic-based expert evaluation in order to analyse the functionality corresponding to the Communication Manager module of the tool, in order to check main accessibility requirements and improve functionality accordingly. On the other hand, we have evaluated both the Communication Manager and Communication User modules in a real context, carrying out a qualitative evaluation with final users and their therapists to check whether the tool is useful in concrete daily scenarios. Results corroborate research questions, demonstrating that ECO meets the most important accessibility requirements and it is highly valued by experts and end-users.

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Augmentative and alternative communication on tablet to help persons with severe disabilities

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

Digital communication support and Alzheimer’s disease

Digital communication support and Alzheimer’s disease

Augmentative and Alternative Communication and digital participation

Design and evaluation of ECO: an augmentative and alternative communication tool

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