Use of Visual Cues by Adults With Traumatic Brain Injuries to Interpret Explicit and Inferential Information

Brown, Jessica; Hux, Karen; Knollman-Porter, Kelly; Wallace, Sarah E.

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“…Beyond the research with individuals with severe chronic aphasia, researchers have also begun to investigate the potential benefits of VSDs for adults with TBI (Brown, Hux, Knollman-Porter, & Wallace, 2016;Thiessen, Brown, Beukelman, Hux, & Myers, 2017;Wallace, Hux, & Beukelman, 2010). For individuals with TBI, the rationale for the use of VSDs is grounded in their potential to minimize the cognitive burden associated with AAC use.…”

Section: Designing Effective Vsdsmentioning

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

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Augmentative and Alternative Communication

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This paper reviews research on the impact of AAC display variables on visual attention and performance of children with developmental disabilities and adults with acquired conditions, and considers implications for designing effective visual scene displays (VSDs) or grids. When using VSDs with children with developmental disabilities or adults with acquired conditions, research supports the use of personalized photo VSDs that include familiar people engaged in meaningful activities, with navigation bars with thumbnail VSDs, located adjacent to the main VSD. Adults with acquired conditions seem to benefit from the inclusion of text boxes adjacent to the scene. Emerging evidence supports the use of motion to capture visual attention to VSDs (video VSDs) or to specific elements in VSDs. When using grid displays with children with developmental disabilities, research supports the use of spatial cues and clustering based on internal symbol color to facilitate visual searching and selection. Background color does not seem to facilitate searching for symbols on smaller displays and may actually distract children from processing the meaningful components of symbols. Preliminary research suggests that the organization of onscreen keyboards and the number, types, and pairings of symbols in grids may impact performance of adults with acquired conditions. Directions for future research are discussed.

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Section: Designing Effective Vsdsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

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Thiessen

et al. 2019

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

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The effect of human engagement depicted in contextual photographs on the visual attention patterns of adults with traumatic brain injury

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Beukelman³

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Journal of Communication Disorders

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Effect of Message Type on the Visual Attention of Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury

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Beukelman

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Am J Speech Lang Pathol

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Use of Visual Cues by Adults With Traumatic Brain Injuries to Interpret Explicit and Inferential Information

Abstract: Difficulties gaining information from visual environmental cues may arise for people with TBI given their difficulties interpreting inferential content presented through the visual modality.

Cited by 5 publications

References 43 publications

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

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

The effect of human engagement depicted in contextual photographs on the visual attention patterns of adults with traumatic brain injury

Effect of Message Type on the Visual Attention of Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury

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