Visual attention patterns of people with aphasia for Visual Scenes (Thiessen et al., 2016)
Participants with aphasia responded to engagement cues by focusing on objects of interest more for task-engaged scenes than camera-engaged scenes …
Experiences of individuals With ALS who use AAC and social media. (Caron & Light, 2015)
This study explored how people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (pALS) use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and social media to address their communication needs
NARIC highlights work on social media and AAC
NARIC highlighted the recent RERC on AAC publication on the use of social media by persons with ALS who use AAC in their Research in Focus newsletter. The NARIC article was subsequently redistributed by… NARIC highlights work on social media and AAC
Patient Provider Communication: Preparation of SLP Externship Students (Beukelman et al, 2016)
This article reviews pertinent policies, information, and materials that assist speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to support effective communication between health care providers and communication vulnerable patients.
Soliciting BCI user experience feedback (Peters et al., 2016)
This article describes augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)-based techniques for obtaining feedback from this population, and presents results from administration of a modified questionnaire to 12 individuals with SSPI after trials with a BCI spelling system.