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How do you choose vocabulary for a communication device?
-interview patient/family
-observe patient
-What are they partially successful at communicating about?
-What are they unsuccessful in communicating about?
-What will they need to communicate about in the future?
-Include fun words to motivate the client to use the new device.
What are symbols?
A way to present vocabulary.
What is iconicity?
The extent to which a symbol looks/sounds like what it represents
What is the symbol hierarchy from most to least iconic?
-Real object (most iconic)
-Miniature objects
-Toys
-Colored high quality photo
-Black and white photo
-High quality drawings
-Line drawings
-Commercial symbols
-Traditional orthography (our own written language) (least iconic)
The type of symbols/vocabulary used should match...
the level of representation that the user uses.
Compare Tobii S32 to Dynavox Maestro
Tobii:
-Can switch out pages to allow for more buttons/speech output
-Can use preset voices or record your own speech

Dynavox Maestro:
-Can fit more buttons on one page
-Can create pages using Boardmaker
-Can connect to internet and control MP3 device for the future
-Voices are preset on device