Message retrieval for survivors of traumatic brain injury.

Survivors of traumatic brain injury often lose their ability to use natural speech to communicate and then rely on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices. Survivors may also have concomitant cognitive communication disorders that negatively impact memory and organization skills. AA...

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Published in:AAC: Augmentative & Alternative Communication Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 56 - 64
Main Authors: Burke, Rebecca, Wassink, Kimberlee, Martin, Tracy, Seikel, Anthony J.
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2008
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          Burke, Rebecca
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          Martin, Tracy
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          Idaho State University, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders and Education of the Deaf, Campus Box 8116, Pocatello, ID, 83209-8116, (208)-282-4196
          Life Inc., 640 Pershing Ave. Suite A, Pocatello, ID, 83201 (208)-232-2747
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        Communication education
        Brain injuries
        Means of communication for people with disabilities
        Communicative disorders
        Speech disorders
        Language disorders
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          Communication education
          Brain injuries
          Means of communication for people with disabilities
          Communicative disorders
          Speech disorders
          Language disorders
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        Augmentative and alternative communication
        Head injury
        Message organization
        Word retrieval
      ab: Survivors of traumatic brain injury often lose their ability to use natural speech to communicate and then rely on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices. Survivors may also have concomitant cognitive communication disorders that negatively impact memory and organization skills. AAC devices need to incorporate a word retrieval organization strategy that is fast and effective. The current study compared the conditions of topic, place, and alphabet for message recognition. The participants were asked a delayed recall question to elicit a communicative response. Results showed that alphabet is significantly more accurate than place and significantly faster than place and topic. However, participants chose to retrieve words using all three strategies.
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