Effect of AAC technology with dynamic text on the single-word recognition of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Effects of a Literacy Feature in an Augmentative and Alternative Communication App on Single-Word Reading of Individuals with Severe Autism Spectrum Disorders

“…Although no research to date has evaluated the impact of AAC apps with the T2L feature with older individuals with severe ASD who have minimal speech and very limited literacy skills, the results from this study are notable given the participant’s challenges and previous literacy history. Also, the results contribute to the growing body of research that demonstrates the effectiveness of the T2L feature in AAC apps to support literacy learning for individuals with complex communication needs (e.g., Caron et al, 2018; Caron et al, 2020; Holyfield et al, 2020; Mandak et al, 2019). Extrinsic and intrinsic factors may have contributed to the effectiveness of the intervention and positive gains made by the participants.…”

"Application of It Technology in the Management of Voice-Speech Disorders and Phoniatric Rehabilitation"

“…The analysis showed that studies on the use of mobile applications were carried out in the following countries: USA [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] , China 36 , Spain 37,38 , Australia 9,39,40 , Turkey 41 , Pakistan 42 , Canada 43 , Italy 44 , Brazil 45 , Great Britain 5,46,47 , Switzerland 48 , South Korea 49 . There is a range of studies on the use of digital platforms for the treatment of speech disorders and pathology of the vocal cords (improvement / development of communication skills, speaking, reading, speech recognition) 5,9,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][26][27][28][30][31]…”

“…Mobile applications were used for the management of speech or vocalization disorders in children for the following pathologies: autism 17,[19][20][21]26,30,36,37 , selective mutism 18 , developmental language disorder 39,46 , and speech sound disorder 40,41,44 . At the same time, the digital platforms were also proposed for the use predominantly in adults: communication disability 33 , hearing-and speech-impairment 42 , speech disorders due to intellectual and developmental disabilities 22 , speech pathology due to Parkinson disease 9,23 , autism 24,34 , aphasia 50 , post-stroke aphasia 5,25,27,29,43,48,49 , vocal/ voice disorders 28,31,32,47 , cognitive-communication disorder 45 , and bipolar disorder 51 .…”

Designing effective AAC displays for individuals with developmental or acquired disabilities: State of the science and future research directions

“…With the T2L feature, upon selection of a hotspot in the VSD, the written word appears dynamically and is then spoken out (https://tinyurl.com/rerc-on-aac-T2L). A number of studies have shown that individuals with developmental disabilities have successfully acquired sight words, without explicit instruction, when introduced to an AAC app utilizing VSDs with the T2L feature; these results have been demonstrated with young children with ASD (Mandak, Light, & McNaughton, 2018), adults with severe intellectual developmental disabilities (Holyfield, Light, McNaughton, Pope, & Drager, 2018), and young children with communication impairments participating in small group activities with their typical peers (Boyle, McCoy, McNaughton, & Light, 2017). It should be noted that the T2L feature includes other components besides motion and it is not possible to tease out the relative contributions of each component.…”