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displays |
devices that show the messages to the communicative partners. AAC users can use this when they want to communicate |
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iconic symbols |
look like the object or picture they represent |
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non-iconic symbols |
do not resemble the objects they represent and must be specifically taught |
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direct selection |
the user selects s message by touching a keypad, an item or objects, or through other direct means |
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scanning |
the user is offered available messages by a mechanical device or communication partners |
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gestural (unaided) AAC |
the child uses gestures and other movements accompanied by speech. no instruments on external aids are used |
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pantomime |
a gestural/ aided AAC that uses gestures and dynamic movements that involve the whole body or part of the body |
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transparent messages |
messages that are likely to be understood with no additional cues by an observer without special training |
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opaque messages |
messages or symbols that are not easily decipherable |
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american sign language (ASL) |
consists of manual signs for alphabet, words, and phrases that may be used alone or with oral speech |
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gestural-assisted (aided) AAC |
type of aac wherein gestures or movements are combined with an instrument or message-display device |
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1 display messages on a mechanical device 2 to scan or select messages displayed on a nonmechanical device |
roles of gestures for gestural-aided AAC |
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mechanical devices |
devices that tend to involve high technology and sophisticated electronics |
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speech generating devices |
devices that typically display pictures that represent what the child wants to say and generates a synthesized or digitized form that the communicative partner can hear |
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nonmechanical devices |
devices that use no electronic technology and no message storage or output |
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rebuses |
type of symbol; a symbol that represent events or object with words, grammatical morphemes, or both |
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picture exchange communication system (PECS) |
a low tech method of communication wherein a child is taught to exchange specific pictures to communicate with a partner |
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neuro-assisted (aided) AAC |
useful for children who have such profound motoric impairments and limited hand mobility that they cannot use a manual switching device |
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bioelectronical signals |
used by neuro-assisted aac; this is what is used to activate and display messages on a computer monitor; example is muscle-action potentials |
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myoswitches |
special kinds of switches activated on neuro-assisted AAC |
