1985-2006
Third-Party Payer Response to Requests for Purchase of Communication
Augmentation Systems: A Study of Washington State
David R Beukelman, Kathryn M. Yorkston, and Kathleen Smith
The Effect of Categorical Presentation on Amer-Ind Transparency
Jane E. Doherty, Joanne Kelsch Daniloff, and Lyle L. Lloyd
Identifying the Nonspeaking Poppulation: A Demographic Study
Judy A. Matas, Pamela Mathy-Laikko, David R. Beukelman, and Kelly
Legresley
An Investigation of Two Variables Influencing Blissymbol Learnability with
Nonhandicapped Adults
Richard L. Luftig and Henry A. Beresani, Jr.
Strategies for the Prevention and Repair of Communication Breakdown in
Interactions with Communication Board Users
Susan Fishman, Geralyn Timler, and David E. Yoder
Designing Pictorial Communication Systems for Physically Able-Bodied Students
with Severe Handicaps
Pat Mirenda
Conversational Control in Nonimpaired Speakers Using an Augmentative
Comunication Syustem
Lynn D. Farrier, Kathryn M. Yorkston, Nola A. Marriner, and David R.
Beukelman
Communicative Interaction between Young Nonspeaking Physically Disabled
Children and Their Primary Caregivers: Part I Discourse Patterns
Janice Light, Barbara Collier, and Penny Parnes
Text Composition by Voice: Design Issues and Implementations
H. H. Dabbagh, and R. I. Damper
Comments on Terminology
Lyle L. Lloyd
Communicative Interaction between Young Nonspeaking Physically Disbled
Children and Their Primary Caregivers: Part II Communicative Function
Janice Light, Barbara Collier, and Penny Parnes
The Effects of Sign Characteristics on Sign Acquisition and Retention: An
Integrative Review of the Literature
Jane E. Doherty
Communicative Interaction betwen Young Nonspeaking Physically Disabled
Children and Their Primary Caregivers: Part III Modes of Communication
Janice Light, Barbara Collier, and Penny Parnes
Training Functional Communication Board Use: A Pragmatic Approach
Sharon L. Glennen, and Stephen N. Calculator
A Prompt-Free Strategy to Teach Pictorial Communication System Use
Pat Mirenda, and Janice Santogrossi
No Aid, An Etran, A Minspeak: A Comparison of Efficiency and Effectiveness
during Structured Use
Elaine Trefler, and Debra Crislip
Volume 2/Number 1
Volume 2/Number 2
Volume 2/Number 3
Volume 2/Number 4
The Effect of Prior Intervention to Establish a Generalized Requesting on the
Acquisition of Object Signs
Joe Reichle, Coleen Barrett, Rebecca Rice Tetlie, and Ralph J.
McQuarter
A User's Perspective on Augmentative Communication
Marsha Smith-Lewis and Alison Ford
The Nonspeaking Brain Injured: A Clinical and Demographic Database Report
Frank DeRuyter and Linda M. Lafontaine
A Study of Physical and Semantic Characteristics of a Graphic Symbol System
as Predictors of Perceived Complexity
Donald R. Fuller and Lyle L. Lloyd
How Can We Develop Better Communication Aids?
Alan F. Newell
Blissymbols and Manual Signs: A Multimodal Approach to Intervention in a Case
of Multiple Disability
Janice Hooper, Timothy Minton Connell, and Peter John Flett
Overview of Nonelectrronic Eye-gaze Communication Techniques
Carol A. Goossens' and Sharon S. Crain
Strategies for Involving Parents in Programs for Young Children using
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Judy O. Berry
When You Have a Hammer Everything Looks Like a Nail
David R. Beukelman
A Comparison of Speech Synthesis Intelligibility with Listeners from Three Age
Groups
Pat Mirenda and David R. Beukelman
Transparency and Ease of Learning of Symbols Represented by Blissymbolics,
PCS, and Picsyms
Mark Mizuko
Teaching Direct Selection Color Encoding to an Adolescent with Multiple
Handicaps
Linda R. Hinderscheit and Joe Reichle
Instructional Techniques in Alternative Communication for Students with Severe
Intellectual Handicaps
Pat Mirenda and John Dattilo
The Nonspeaking Cerebral Palsied: A Clinial and Demographic Database Report
Linda M. Lafontaine and Frank DeRuyter
Design Rationale and Evaluation of the Portable Anticipatory Communication Aid-
PACA
Craig W. Heckathorne, Jerrilyn A. Voda, and Lew J. Leibowitz
Adaptive and Predictive Techniques in a Communication Prosthesis
Andrew L. Swiffin, John L. Arnott, J. Adrian Pickering, and Alan F. Newell
Statistical Disambiguation of Multi-character Keys Applied to Reduce Motor
Requirements for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Richard A. Foulds, Mathijs Soede, and Hans van Balkom
Comparative Analysis of Fixed Vocabulary Communication Acceleration
Techniques
Gregg C. Vanderheiden and David P. Kelso
Transition Through Multiple Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Systems: A Three-Year Case Study of a Head-Injured Adolescent
Janice Light, Margrit Beesley, and Barbara Collier
A Computer-Supported Communication Approach for a Child With Severe
Communication, Visual, and Cognitive Impairments: A Case Study
Peggy A. Locke and Pat Mirenda
The Effects of Computerized Symbol Processor Instruction on the
Communication Skills of Nonspeaking Students
Russell T. Osguthorpe and Linda Li Chang
The Effects of Representativeness and Concreteness on the "Guessability" of
Blissymbols
William S. Yovetch and Theresa A. Young
A Computerized Communication Message Preparation Program that "Learns" the
User's Vocabulary
John Skull and Linda Hill
Sociocommunicative Considerations Within Augmentative and Alternative
Communication
Anne Warrick
Developing Countries: On-Going Dialogue
Judy Seligman-Wine
Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Field in Transition
Carole Zangari, Kathleen A. Kangas, and Lyle L. Lloyd
Interaction Involving Individuals using Augmetnative and Alternative
Communication Systems: State of the Art and Future Directions
Janice Light
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems: Considerations for
Individuals with Severe Intellectual Disabilities
Mary Ann Romski and Rose a. Sevcik
Promoting the Acquisition and Generalization of Conversational Skills by
Individuals with Severe Disabilities
Stephen N. Calculator
Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Adults with Acquired Severe
Communication Disorders
David R. Beukelman and Kathryn L. Garrett
She Was Setting a World's Record, and We Though She Was Drowning, Right
Dad?
David R. Beukelman
Evaluating the Effectiveness of AAC Programs for Persons with Severe
Handicaps
Stephen N. Calculator
Eye-Gaze Communication Techniques Update
Carol Goossens' and Sharon Crain
A Comparison of Standard and User Vocabulary Lists
Kathryn M. Yorkston, Patricia A. Dowden, Melissa J. Honsinger, Nola
Marriner, and Kathleen Smith
Early Cognitive Skills as Prerequisites to Augmentative and Alternative
Communication Use: What Are We Waiting For?
Kathleen A. Kangas and Lyle L. Lloyd
Effects of Simultaneous Communication in a Child-Directed Treatment Approach
with Preschoolers with Severe Disabilities
Theresa A. Kouri
A Proposed Model for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Evaluation
and System Selection
Walter S. Woltosz
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Applications for Persons with
Severe Congenital Communication Disorders: An Introduction
Pat Mirenda and Pamely Mathy-Laikko
Aided Communication Intervention Before Assessment: A Case Study of a Child
with Cerebral Palsy
Carol Goossens'
Developmental Apraxia and Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A
Case Example
Delva M. Culp
Teaching Facilitators to Support the Communication Skills of an Adult with
Severe Cognitive Disabilities: A Case Study
David McNaughton and Janice Light
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Application for Persons with
Severe Acquired Communication Disorders: An Introduction
David Beukelman and Kathryn Yorkston
Communication and Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Study
Frank DeRuyter and Kathleen A. Donoghue
A Comprehensive Augmentative Communication System for an Adult with Broca's
Aphasia
Kathryn L. Garrett, David R. Beukelman, and Deanna Low-Morrow
Application of Communication Technologies for an Adult with A High Spinal Cord
Injury
Gregg C. Vanderheiden and Roger O. Smith
Early Intervention in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Case Presentation
Kathryn M. Yorkston
Midcourse Intervention in Multiple Sclerosis: An Inpatient Model
Melissa J. Honsigner
A Comparison of the Single Word Intelligibility of Two Voice Output
Communication Aids
Pamela R. Mitchell and Carolyn P. Atkins
Customizing a MinspeakTM System for a Preliterate Child: A Case Example
Joan Bruno
Vocabulary Selection: A Case Report
Kathryn M. Yorkston, Melissa J. Honsinger, Patricia A. Dowden, and Nola
Marriner
An Analysis of Visual-Graphic Symbol Meanings for Two Nonspeaking Adults
with Severe Mental Retardation
Mary Ann Romski and Rose A. Sevcik
The Form and Use of Written Communication Produced by Physically Disabled
Individuals Using Microcomputers
Alison Kelford Smith, Susan Thurston, Janice Light, Penny Parnes, and
Bernard O'Keefe
Intervention in End Stage of Multiple Sclerosis: A Case Study
Patricia B. Porter
An Expert System for Use in the Prescription of Electronic Augmentative and
Alternative Communication Devices
Stanely A. Napper, Brian L. Robey, and Patricia H. McAfee
Toward a Definition of Communicative Competence for Individuals Using
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems
Janice Light
The Social-Verbal Competence of AAC Users
Ann C. Sutton
The Language Assessment Process: Clinical Implications for Individuals with
Severe Speech Impairments
Froma P. Roth and E. Lucinda Cassatt-James
Iconicity and Productive Recall of a Selected Sample of Signs from Signed
Swedish
Mats Granlund, Eva Strom, and Cecilia Olsson
Vocabulary Requirements for Writing Activities for the Academically Mainstream
Student with Disabilities
Jacquelyn S. McGinnis and David R. Beukelman
Use of Microswitch Technology to Facilitate Social Contingency Awareness as a
Basis for Early Communication Skills
Philip Schweigert
Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Ethics and Authenticity in Clinical
Practice
Barry A. Romich and Carole Zangari
The Transparency of Manual Signs in a Linguistic and an Environmental
Nonlinguistic Context
Judy K. Dunham
Tangible Symbols: Symbolic Communication for Individuals with Multisensory
Impairments
Charity Rowland and Philip Schweigert
Assessment of Effects of Position on Communication Board Access by
Individuals with Cerebral Palsy
Irene R. McEwen and George R. Karlan
Frequency of Word Usage by Nondisabled Peers in Integrated Preschool
Classrooms
David R. Beukelman, Rebecca S. Jones, and Mary Rowan
Teaching a Child with Multiple Disabilities to Use a Tactile Augmentative
Communication Device
Pamela Mathy-Laikko, Teresa Iacono, Ann Ratcliff, Fransisco Villarruel,
David Yoder, and Gregg Vanderheiden
There are Some Things You Just Can't Say with Your Right Hand
David R. Beukelman
Gaining the Most from AAC's Growing Years
Shirley McNaughton
The Makaton Vocabulary: Using Manual Signs and Graphic Symbols to Develop
Interpersonal Communication
Nicole Grove and Margaret Walker
Signs of the Week: A Functional Approach to Manual Sign Training
Diane Spragale and Susan Micucci
A "Working Party" Approach to Planning Inservice Training in Manual Signs for
an Entire Public School Staff
Barbara Loeding, Carole Zangari, and Lyle L. Lloyd
A Statewide Demographic Survey of People with Severe Communication
Impairments
Karen Bloomberg and Hilary Johnson
A Comparison of Intelligibility Among Natural Speech and Seven Speech
Synthesizers with Listeners from Three Age Groups
Pat Mirenda and David R. Beukelman
Case Studies: Why and How
Irene McEwen and George Karlan
Be Sure to Give Me Credit, Dad
David R. Beukelman
A Proposed Augmentative and Alternative Communication Model
Lyle Lloyd, Raymond W. Quist, and Jennifer Windsor
The Effects of Message Encoding Techniques on Recall by Literate Adults Using
AAC Systems
Janice Light, Peter Lindsay, Linda Siegel, and Penny Parnes
A Comparative Study of Language Delayed Preschool Children's Ability to Recall
Symbols from Two Symbol Systems
Jill Ann Burroughs, Evelyn G. Albritton, Beth B. Eaton, and James C. Montague, Jr.
Some Considerations About the Motor Requirements of Manual Signs
Irene McEwen and Lyle L. Lloyd
On the Communication Process: Speaker-Listener Interaction and the Development of Speech
Bjorn Lindblom
Modeling of User Performance with Computer Access and Augmentative Communication Systems for Handicapped People
Heidi M. Horstmann and Simon P. Levine
AAC Users' Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Mary B. Huer and Lyle L. Lloyd
An Augmentative and Alternative Writing System for a College Student with Fibrositis: A Case Study
Linda D. Schultz-Muehling and David R. Beukelman
Age and Gender Preferences for Synthetic and Natural Speech
Melinda Crabtree, Pat Mirenda, and David R. Beukelman
Communication in the Classroom for Children with Dual Sensory Impairments:
Studies of Teacher and Child Behavior
Charity Rowland
Magic and Cost of Communicative Competence
David R. Beukelman
Expectant Delay Procedure for Teaching Requests
Elizabeth B. Kozleski
Childhood Reading and Writing Experiences of Literate Adults with Severe Speech
and Motor Impairments
David a. Koppenhaver, Deborah A. Evans, and David E. Yoder
Computer Recognition of the Speech of Adults with Cerebral Palsy and
Dysarthria
Colette L. Coleman and Lawrence S. Meyers
Feedback on AAC Intervention from Adults Who Are Temporarily Unable to Speak
Melanie Fried-Oken, Julie M. Howard, and Susie Roach Stewart
Representativeness versus Translucency: Different Theoretical Backgrounds but
Are They Really Different Concepts? A Position Paper
Donald R. Fuller and Michele M. Stratton
Comparison of Picture and Word Association Performance in Adults and
Preliterate Children
Joan Bruno and Henry Goehl
Communicating with Printed Words to Augment Signing: Case Study of a
Severely Disabled Deaf-Blind Child
Bernie Thorley, James Ward, Tina Binepal, and Karen Dolan
Acquisition of the Commenting Function Among System Users
Marilyn Jean Buzolich, Jillian S. King, and Sarah M. Baroody
Preduction of Future Speech Performance Among Potential Users of AAC
Systems: A Survey
Cathy Bodine and David R. Beukelman
Considerations in the Effective Teaching of Object-to-Symbol Matching
Nancy C. Brady and Kthryn J. Saunders
Interacting with Peers through Conversation Turntaking with a Communication
Book Adaptation
Pam Hunt, Morgen Alwell, and Lori Goetz
Need for Theory in Studies of Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Dermont M. Bowler
An Evolving Field
Ralf W. Schlosser and Lyle L. Lloyd
Roles of Graphic Symbols in the Language Acquisition Process for Persons with
Severe Cognitive Disabilities
Rose a. Sevcik, Mary Ann Romski, and Krista M. Wilkinson
Vocabulary Selection in Augmentative and Alternative Communication
David R. Beukelman, Jackie McGinnis, and Deanna Morrow
Cognitive Science and Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Janice Light and Peter Lindsay
Integrating AAC Intruction into Regular Education Settings: Expounding on Best
Practices
Stephen N. Calculator and Cheryl M. Jorgensen
Toward a Common Usage of Iconicity Terminology
Donald R. Fuller and Lyle L. Lloyd
University Students Using Augmentative and Alternative Communication in the
USA: A Demographic Study
Mary Blake Huer
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Training with a Nonspeaking Adult:
Lessons from MH
Sharon L. Glennen, Maureen A. Sharp-Bittner, and Daniel C. Tullos
Children with Severe Speech Impairments: Caregiver Survey of AAC User
Janet H. Allaire, Rise P. Gressard, James A. Blackman, and Sharon L. Hostler
Initial Comparison of the Efficiency of a Variety of AAC Systems for Ordering
Meals in Fast Food Restaurants
L. Scott Doss, Peggy Ann Lock, Susan S. Johnston, Joe Reichle, Jeff
Sigafoos, Paul J. harpentier, and Dulce J. Foster
Clinical Study of a Sysarthric Adult Using a Touch Talker with Words Strategy
Linda J. Ferrier
Communication Development of Young Children with Tracheostomies
Lauren B. Adamson and Barbara Dunbar
Effects of Rate and Pitch Variations on the Intelligibility of Synthesized Speech
H. S. Venkatagiri
Performance is the Prize: Language Competence and Performance among AAC Users
Nickola Wolf Nelson
Use of a Developmental Model of Language Acquisition: Applications to Children Using AAC Systems
Sima Gerber and Arlene Kraat
Individual Language Learning Styles and Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Teresa A. Iacono
An Initial Vocabulary for Nonspeaking Preschool Children Based on
Developmental and Environmental Language Sources
Melanie Fried-Oken and Lillian More
Reading Abilities of Nonspeaking Students: Two Case Studies
Martine M. Smith
Further Development of an Augmentative and Alternative Communication Symbol
Taxonomy
Donald R. Fuller, Lyle L. Lloyd, and Ralf W. Schlosser
Today's Dream: Tomorrow's Reality
Alan F. Newell
Social Interaction and Learned Helplessness in Severely Disabled Children
Carmen Basil
Roles and Responsibilities of Special Education Teachers Serving on Teams
Delivery AAC Services
Peggy Ann Locke and Pat Mirenda
Probabilistic Character Disambiguation for Reduced Keyboards Using Small Text Samples
John L. Arnott and Muhammad Y. Javed
Teaching the Response-Recode Form to Adults with Mental Retardation Using
AAC Systems
Bernard M. O'Keefe and John Dattilo
The Communication Resource Center: A New Jersey AAC Service Delivery Model
Daly H. Enstrom
Increasing Functional Use of an Assistive communication Device by a Student
with Severe Disabilities
Gail McGregor, Janet Young, Julia Gerak, Barbara Thomas, and R. Timm
Vogelsberg
Evaluation of Keystroke Savings across Five Assistive Communication
Technologies
D. Jeffery Higginbotham
Early Communication and Microtechnology: Instructional Sequency and Case
Studies of Children with Severe Multiple Disabilities
Philip Schweigert and Charity Rowland
Using Information Theory to Measure Effeftiveness of an Augmentative and
Alternative Communication Display
Gary K. Poock and Sarah W. Blackstone
Speech Recognition Technology for Individuals with Disabilities
Jan M. Noyes and Clive R. Frankish
Effect of the "PAL" Word Prediction System on the Quality and Quantity of Text
General
Alan F. Newell, John L. Arnott, Lynda Booth, William Beattie, Bernadette
Brophy, and Ian W. Ricketts
Assistive Communication Devices: Call for Specifications
Raymond W. Quist and Doreen M. Blischak
AAC: Bonding and the Uncertain Mosaic
Pat Mirenda
Home Literacy Experiences of Prechoolers Who Use AAC Systems and of Their
Nondisabled Peers
Janice Light and Alison Kelford Smith
Acquisition of Expressive Signing: Comparison of Reinforcement Strategies
Julie Goodman and Bob Remington
Simultaneous Communication and Speech Comprehension. Part I: Comparison
of Two Methods of Teaching Expressive Signing and Speech Comprehension Skills
Bob Remington and Sue Clarke
Simultaneous Communication and Speech Comprehension. Part II: Comparison
of Two Methods of Overcoming Selective Attention during Expressive Sign Training
Bob Remington and Sue Clarke
Telecommunication Relay Services: An Option for Persons Who Are Severely
Speech Impaired
Franklin H. Silverman
AAC Research: A Multidmensional Learning Community
David R. Beukelman
Comparison of Two Spelling Instruction Techniques for Adults Who Use
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
David McNaughton and James Tawney
Comparison of Unimodal and Multimodal AAC Techniques for Children with
Intellectual Disabilities
Teresa Iacono, Pat Mirenda, and David Beukelman
Topic and Vocabulary Use Patterns of Elderly Women
Sheela Stuart, Denise Vanderhoof, and David R. Beukelman
One Method to Increase Spontaneous Use of an Assistive Communication
Device: Case Study
Bernard B. Spiegel, Barbaranne J. Benjamin, and Susan A. Spiegel
Alternative Procedure to Evaluate Semantic Classification
Karen Hux, Joan L. Rankin, David R. Beukelmn, and Diane Hahn
Comprehension of Synthetic Speech with Three Text-to-Speech Systems Using a
Sentence Verification Paradigm
Parimala Raghavendra and George D. Allen
A Semiotic Perspective for AAC
Gloria Soto and Wendy Olmstead
Sigsymbol System in a Multimodal Approach to Speech Elicitation: Classroom
Project Involving an Adolescent with Severe Mental Retardation
Alisa Cregan
Efficiency of Lexical Prediction as a Communication Acceleration Technique
Horabail S. Venkatagiri
Functional Communication Training Using Assistive Devices: Effects on
Challenging Behavior and Affect
V. Mark Durand
Using Videotaped Lessons to Facilitate the Development of Manual Sign Skills in
Students with Mental Retardation
L. Theresa Watkins, Joyce N. Sprafkin, and David M. Krolikowski
Development of Yes/No Systems in Individuals with Severe Traumatic Brain
Injuries
Judy E. Keenan and Kimberly S. Barnhart
Comparison of Speech and Accuracy for Selected Electronic Communication
Devices and Input Methods
Andrew Y. J. Szeto, Elizabeth J. Allen, and Mike C. Littrell
Children's Attitudes Toward a Nonspeaking Child Using Various Augmentative
and Alternative Communication Techniques
Susan Blockberger, Robert W. Armstrong, Anne O'Connor, and Roger
Freeman
Telephoning with a Voice Output Device: Listener Reactions
Kenryu Nakamura, Michihisa Arima, Akemi Sakamotor, and Rika Toyota
Using the Milieu Approach to Increase Spontaneous Communication Book Use
Across Environments by an Adolescent with Autism
Brenda L. Hamilton and Martha E. Snell
Prevalence and Policy Implications of Communication Disabilties Among Adults
John P. Hirdes, Kimberly Ellis-Hale, and Bonnie Pearson Hirdes
Language Comprehension: Considerations for Augmentative and Alternative
Communication
Mary Ann Romski and Rose A. Sevcik
Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Behavior Analysis: A
Productive Partnership?
Discontinuity in the Development of Aided Augmentative and Alternative
Communication Systems
Marsha R. Smith-Lewis
Augmentative and Alternative Communication: An Historic Perspective
Carole Zangari, Lyle L. Lloyd, and Beverly Vicker
Can AAC Help Persons with Dementia?
Franklin H. Siverman
Comparison of Relative Demands Implicated in Direct Selection and Scanning:
Considerations from Normal Children
Ann Ratcliff
"What Are You Talking About?": Semantic Analysis of Preschool Children's
Conversational Topics in Home and Preschool Settings
Christine A. Marvin, David R. Beukelman, Jynell Brockhaus, and Lisa
Kast
Visual Similarity Between Manual and Printed Alphabet Letters
Linda J. S. Koehler, Lyle L. Lloyd, and Lori A. Swanson
Effect of Sentence Length and Exposure on the Intelligibility of Synthesized
Speech
Horabail S. Venkatagiri
Effect of Window Size on Rate of Communication in a Lexical Prediction AAC
System
Horabail S. Venkatagiri
Impact of Graphic Symbol Use on Reading Acquisition
Kerri Bishop, Joan Rankin, and Pat Mirenda
Variables Affecting Perceptions of Social Aspects of the Communicative
Competence of an Adult AAC User
Linda A. Hoag, Jan L. Bedrosian, Dallas E. Johnson, and Barry Molineux
Programmatic Approach to Use of Technology in Communication Instruction for
Children with Dual Sensory Impairments
Harvey H. Mar and Nancy Sall
Application of Vygotskian Developmental Theory to Language Acquisition in a
Young Child with Cerebral Palsy
Marcella Letto, Jan L. Bedrosian, and Elizabeth Skarakis-Doyle
Effect of Repeated Listening Experiences on the Intelligibility of Synthesized
Speech
David McNaughton, Karen Fallon, Julie Tod, Frederick Weiner, and John
Neisworth
Linguistics, AAC, and Metalinguistics in Communicatively Handicapped
Adolescents
Erland Hjelmquist, Annika Dahlgren Sandberg, and Lisbeth Hedelin
Consumer Response to AAC Devices: Acquisition, Training, Use and
Satisfaction
Andrew Jinks and Beth Sintell
Discourse Comprehension of Synthetic Speech Delivered at Normal and Slow
Presentation Rates
D. Jeffery Higginbotham, Anne L. Drazek, Kim Kowarsky, Chris Scally,
and Erwin Segal
Efficacy of AAC Interventions: Methodologic Issues in Evaluating Behavior
Change, Generalization, and Effects
Ralf W. Schlosser and Ursula Braun
Vocabulary-Use Patterns in Preschool Children: Effects of Context and Time Sampling
Christine A. Marvin, David R. Beukelman, and Denise Bilyeu
Effects of Selection Techniques and Array Sizes on Short-Term Visual Memory
Mark Mizuko, Joe Reichle, Ann Ratcliff, and Joan Esser
Phonologic Awareness: Implications for Individuals with Little or No Functional Speech
Doreen M. Blischak
Story Reading Interactions between Preschoolers Who Use AAC and Their Mothers
Janice Light, Cathy Binger, and Alison Kelford Smith
Influence of Graphic Symbol Use on Reading Comprehension
Joan L. Rankin, Kerri Harwood, and Pat Mirenda
Use of Nondisabled Subjects in AAC Research: Confessions of a Research Infidel
D. Jeffery Higginbotham
Limitations in the Use of Nondisabled Subjects in AAC Research
Jan L. Bedrosian
Subject Selection in AAC Research: Decision Points
D. Jeffery Higginbotham
Digital Speech Synthesis: A Tutorial
Horabail S. Venkatagiri and T. V. Ramabadran
AAC Systems Used by People with Cerebral Palsy in Scotland: A Demographic Study
Joan Murphy, Ivana Markova, Eleanor Moodie, Janet Scott, and Sally Boa
Empowering System Users in Peer Training
Marilyn Jean Buzolich and Judith Lunger
Communication Intervention for Persons with Profound Disabilities: A Swedish Perspective
Mats Granlund, Eva Bjorck-Akesson, Jane Brodin, and Cecilia Olsson
Use of AAC by Individuals with Acquired Neurologic Communication Disabilities: Results of an Australian Survey
Alison Russell and Sue McAllister
Younger and Older Adults' Rate Performance When Listening to Synthetic Speech
Brenda Sutton, Julia King, Karen Hux, and David R. Beukelman
Comparison of Two Training Method in the Learning and Generalization of Blissymbolics
Tracy A. Shepherd and Robert G. Haaf
Dysarthric Speakers' Intelligibility and Speech Characteristics in Relation to Compter Speech Recognition
Linda J. Ferrier, Howard C. Shane, Holly F. Ballard, Tyler Carpenter, and Anne Benoit
Effects of Supplemental Linguistic Cues on the Intelligibility of Severely Dysarthric
Speakers
Christine Beliveau, Megan M. Hodge, and Paul H. Hagler
Intervention Using Talking Word Processing Software: An Aphasia Case Study
Julia M. King and Karen Hux
Family Perspective on Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Families of
Young Children
Dianne H. Angelo, Sheila D. Jones, and Stephen M. Kokoska
Functional Augmentative Communication and Positive Behavior Change
Linda a. Robinson and Robert E. Owens, Jr.
Approaching Literacy with AAC Graphics
Shirley McNaughton and Peter Lindsay
Evaluation of the Content of Computer-Aided Conversations
John Todman, Leona Elder, and Norman Alm
Electronic Mail: Service from Afar for Individuals with Physical Disabilities
Elizabeth MacKinnon, Gillian King, Tamzin Cathers, and John Scott
Comparative Intelligibility of Five Synthesized Voices
Stacie L. Rupprecht, David R. Beukelman, and Holli Vrtiska
Comparison of Sign Alone and in Combination with an Electronic Communication
Device in Early Language Intervention: Case Study
Teresa A. Iacono and Joanne E. Duncum
Small Talk in Adult Conversation: Implications for AAC Vocabulary Selection
Julia King, Tracie Spoeneman, Sheela Stuart, and David R. Beukelman
Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Developing Countries: Challenge of the Future
Erna Alant
Family Perspective on Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Families of
Adolescents and Young Adults
Dianne H. Angelo, Stephen M. Kokoska, and Sheila D. Jones
Comparison of Two Selection Techniques Used in Augmentative and Alternative
Communication
Eva M. Horn and Hazel A. Jones
Synthetic Speech Intelligibility: Comparison of Native and Non-native Speakers
of English
Mary E. Reynolds, Z. S. Bond, and Donald Fucci
Multimodal Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Case Study
Doreen M. Blischak and Lyle L. Lloyd
Laser Pointers: Are They Safe for Use by Children?
Gregory J. Salamo and Thomas Jakobs
Cultural Aspects in the Development of AAC Users
Orit E. Hetzroni and Ovetta L. Harris
Comparisons of Five Symbol Assessment Protocols with Nondisabled
Preschoolers and Learners with Severe Intellectual Disabilities
Kate Franklin, Pat Mirenda, and Gail Phillips
Attitudes of Children Toward a Similar-Aged Child Who Uses Augmentative
Communication
Ann R. Beck and Marcia Dennis
Teaching Children with Rett Syndrome to Request Preferred Objects Using Aided
Communication: Two Preliminary Studies
Jeff Sigafoos, Susan Laurie, and Donna Pennell
Spontaneity of Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Persons with
Intellectual Disabilities: Critical Review
Mark Carter, Greg D. Hotchkis, and Mary C. Cassar
Baby-Babble-Blanket: Infant Interface with Automatic Data Collection
Linda J. Ferrier, Harriet J. Fell, Zehra Mooraj, Heriklia Delta, and Dana
Moscoe
Application of Ordered Probit Techniques to Analyze Ratings of Blissymbol Complexity
Gloria Soto, Michael J. Cassidy, and Samer M. Madanat
Phonologic Awareness and Literacy Abilities in Nonspeaking Preschool Children
with Cerebral Palsy
Annika Dahlgren Sandberg and Erland Hjelmquist
Effect of a Word Prediction Feature on User Performance
Heidi Horstmann Koester and Simon P. Levine
Promoting Nontask-Related Communication at Vocational Sites
Kathryn Wolff Heller, Margaret H. Allgood, Bobby Davis, Susan E. Arnold,
Melanie D. Castelle, and Teresa A. Taber
Two-Item Comparison Task to Assess Category Structure
Kenneth O. Simpson, Karen Hux, David R. Beukelman, Suzanne Lutt,
and Carol Gaebler
Comments on Some Statistical Techniques Observed in AAC Papers
G. Alan Creak
Sheltered Employment and Augmentative Communication: An Oxymoron?
Pat Mirenda
Community-Based Employment: Experiences of Adults Who Use AAC
Janice Light, Betty Stoltz, and David McNaughton
Language Treatment Approach for Users of AAC: Experimental Single-Subject
Investigation
Lisa Harris, Elizabeth Skarakis Doyle, and Robert Haaf
Pictures as Communication Symbols for Students with Severe Intellectual
Disability
Jennifer Stephenson and Ken Linfoot
AAC Aphasiology: Partnership for Future Research
Lynn Fox and Melanie Fried-Oken
Longitudinal Research: Considerations for Augmentative and Alternative
Communication
Rose Sevcik, Mary Ann Romski, and Bronwyn Robinson
The Information Bases of Policy Decision Making
David R. Beukelman
Nomenclature of Category Levels in Graphic Symbols, Part I: Is a Flower a Flower a Flower?
Ralf W. Schlosser
Nomenclature of Category Levels in Graphic Symbols, Part II: The Role of Similarity in Categorization
Ralf W. Schlosser
Initial Study into the Effects of Translucency and Complexity on the Learning of Blissymbols by Children and Adults with Normal Cognitive Abilities
Donald R. Fuller
Vocabulary Use During Extended Conversations by Two Cohorts of Older Adults
Sheela Stuart, David R. Beukelman, and Julia King
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Decision Making for Children with Severely Unintelligible Speech
Patricia a. Dowden
Communication Is the Essence of Human Life": Reflections on Communicative Competence
Janice Light
Effects of Speech Training on the Accuracy of Speech Recognition for an Individual with a Speech Impairment
Ava-Lee Kotler and Nancy Thomas-Stonell
Effects of Three Instructional Modes on the Performance of Novice Preprofessional Students with AAC Technology
Kenneth O. Simpson, Gary D. Cumley, Betsy Novak, Jennifer Tegtmeier, and David R. Beukelman
Effects of Synthetic Speech, Gender, and Perceived Similarity on Attitudes toward the Augmented Communicator
Daniel W. Gorenflo and Carole W. Gorenflo
Direct Work with Adults Who Use AAC: Comparison of Attitudes and Activities of Speech and Language Therapists and Non-speech and Language Therapists
Joan Murphy
Word Identification and Sentence Verification of Two Synthetic Speech Systems by Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
Rajinder K. Koul and Jennifer Hanners
Variation on the Written Choice Communication Strategy for Individuals with Severe Aphasia
Joanne Lasker, Karen Hux, Kathryn L. Garrett, Erika M. Moncrief, and Tammy J. Eischeid
Efficiency with Which Disabled and Nondisabled Students Locate Words in Cue Windows: Study of Three Organizational Strategies Frequency of Word Use, Word Length, and Alphabetic Order
Amy Lanspa, Lisa A. Wood, and David R. Beukelman
Assessment of Computer-Aided Assistive Technology: Analysis of Outcomes and Costs
Ursula Hass, Agneta Andersson, Håkan Brodin, and Jan Persson
Reflections from a Missing Reference
David R. Beukelman
Introduction: Special Section on Language Development in Children Who Use AAC
Rhea Paul
Facilitating Transitions in Language Development for Children Using AAC
Rhea Paul
Fostering Early Language Acquisition and AAC Use: Exploring Reciprocal Influences between Children and Their Environments
Stephen N. Calculator
"Let's Go Star Fishing": Reflections on the Contexts of Language Learning for Children Who Use Aided AAC
Janice Light
Framework for Studying How Children with Developmental Disabilities Develop Language through Augmented Means
Mary Ann Romski, Rose A. Sevcik, and Lauren B. Adamson
Language Acquisition in Young AAC System Users: Issues and Directions for Future Research
Jan L. Bedrosian
Special Education Teacher Attitudes Toward AAC: Preliminary Survey
Gloria Soto
Direction: Observation of an Ex-Journal Editor on Professional Responsibilities
Katherine Nelson
A Learning Experience
David R. Beukelman
Supporting Individuals with Challenging Behavior Through Functional Communication Training and AAC: Research Review
Pat Mirenda
Effects of Paired-Associate Learning Versus Symbol Explanations on Blissymbol Comprehension and Production
Ralf W. Schlosser and Lyle L. Lloyd
Keystroke-Level Models for User Performance with Word Prediction
Heidi Horstmann Koester and Simon P. Levine
Moving Toward Employment Using AAC: Case Study
A. Carol Odom and Michael Upthegrove
Perspective on AAC: Past, Present, and Future
Pat Mirenda
Comparison of AAC Interaction Patterns in Face-to-Face and Telecommunications Conversations
Terry Gandell and Ann Sutton
Identification and Production of Graphic Symbols by Individuals with Aphasia: Efficacy of a Software Application
Rajinder K. Koul and Robyn Harding
Model Simulations of User Performance with Word Prediction
Heidi Horstmann Koester and Simon P. Levine
Identification and Rankings of Communication Aid Features by Five Groups
Bernard M. O'Keefe, Liana Brown, and Reinhard Schuller
Computerized Speech Recognition: Influence of Intelligibility and Perceptual Consistency on Recognition Accuracy
Nancy Thomas-Stonell, Ava-Lee Kotler, Herbert A. Leeper, and Philip C. Doyle
The International AAC Community is Alive and Well!
Pat Mirenda
Outcomes in AAC: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Parent Training Program
Joan Bruno and Michael Dribbon
How Do Members of Different Language Communities Compose Sentences with a Picture-based Communication System?: A Cross-Cultural Study of Picture-Based Sentences Constructed by English and Japanese Speakers
Kenryu Nakamura, Alan F. Newell, Normal Alm, and Annalu Waller
Techniques for Augmenting Scanning Communication
Gregory W. Lesher, Bryan J. Moulton, and D. Jeffery Higginbotham
Identification of Intentional Communication in Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities
Teresa Iacono, Mark Carter, and Julie Hook
Database for the Identification of AAC Users for Participation in Research, Product Development, and Service Delivery
Bernard M. O'Keefe, Jeff Jutai, Paul Marshall, Peter Lindsay, Reinhard Schuller, and Ralf W. Schlosser
References for Securing Funding Are Needed
Catherine Burke
Topics of Meal-Break Conversations
Susan Balandin and Teresa Iacono
A Few Well-Chosen Words
Susan Balandin and Teresa Iacono
Implications of Fast Mapping for Vocabulary Expansion in Individuals with Mental Retardation
Krista M. Wilkinson and Gina Green
Semantic Transparency and Translucency in Compound Blissymbols
Sara Carmeli and Yeshayahu Shen
Can People Who Have Aphasia Learn Iconic Codes?
Ann R. Beck and Heidi Fritz
AAC: Coming of Age or Over the Hill?
Pat Mirenda
Toward a Sociolinguistic Perspective on Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Bencie Woll and Sarah Barnett
Survey of School Speech and Language Service Provision to Students with Severe Communication Impairments in Nebraska
Kenneth O. Simpson, David R. Beukelman, and Ann Bird
Preliminary Survey of Speech-Language Pathologists Providing AAC Services in Health Care Settings in Nebraska
Julia King
Training Staff to Support AAC Users in Scotland: Current Status and Needs
Fiona McCall and Eleanor Moodie
AAC and Australian Speech Pathologists: Report on a National Survey
Susan Balandin and Teresa Iacono
Building Competencies in Augmentative and Alternative Communication Among Professionals
Barbara Collier and Susie Blackstien-Adler
Input Framework for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Lisa A. Wood, Joanne Lasker, Ellin Siegel-Causey, David R. Beukelman, and Laura Ball
A Little of This, A Little of That
Pat Mirenda
AAC Efficacy Research: Challenges for the New Century
Jan L. Bedrosian
AAC Outcomes For Children and Youths With Severe Disabilities: When Seeing Is Believing
Stephen N. Calculator
Do Augmentative and Alternative Communication Interventions Really Make a Difference?: The Challenges of Efficacy Research
Janice C. Light
Efficacy of Communication Intervention for Presymbolic Communicators
Mats Granlund and Cecilia Olsson
Measuring AAC Interventions for Individuals with Severe Developmental Disabilities
Rose A. Sevcik, Mary Ann Romski, and Lauren B. Adamson
Efficacy Research Issues in AAC: Interactive Storybook Reading
Jan L. Bedrosian
Comparative Efficacy of Interventions in Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Ralf W. Schlosser
Accessible Randomization Tests for Single-Case and Small-n Experimental Designs in AAC Research
John Todman and Pat Dugard
Students with Little or No Functional Speech in Schools for Students with Severe Mental Retardation in South Africa
Erna Alant
Crews, Wusses, and Whoppas: Core and Fringe Vocabularies of Australian Meal-Break Conversations in the Workplace
Susan Balandin and Teresa Iacono
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Options for Children with Developmental Apraxia of Speech: Three Case Studies
Gary D. Cumley and Susan Swanson
Efficient Keyboard Layouts for Sequential Access in Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Horabail S. Venkatagirl
Generic Talk Use by Preschool Children
Laura J. Ball, Christine A. Marvin, David R. Beukelman, Joanne Lasker, and Dyann Rupp
Phonological Processing and Reading Abilities in Adolescents and Adults with Severe Congenital Speech Impairments
Beth E. Foley and Alexander Pollatsek
Natural and Synthetic Speech Comprehension: Comparison of Children from Two Age Groups
Mary E. Reynolds and Lisa Jefferson
Creating Opportunities for Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Strategies for Involving People with Developmental Disabilities
Jeff Sigafoos
Phonological Processing and Literacy in AAC Users and Students with Motor Speech Impairments
Margaretha Vandervelden and Linda Siegel
Scholarly Writing: Managing the Competition for Time and Attention
David R. Beukelman
As the Century Turns
Pat Mirenda
Morse Code Typing Training of an Adolescent with Cerebral Palsy Using Microcomputer Technology: Case Study
Ming-Che Hsieh and Ching-Hsng Luo
Including People with Disabilities in Research: Implications for the Field of Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Kari S. Krogh and Peter H. Lindsay
Social Validation of Interventions in Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Ralf W. Schlosser
AAC Strategies for People with Primary Progressive Aphasia without Dementia: Two Case Studies
Cynthia J. Cress and Julia M. King
Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Natural Language Processing: Current Research Activities and Prospects
Stefan Langer and Marianne Hickey
Access to Lexical Knowledge in Modular Interpersonal Communication Aids
Margherita Antona, Constantine Stephanidis, and Georgios Kouroupetroglou
Tools to Support International and Intercommunity Collaboration in AAC Research
David McNaughton, David Beukelman, and Patricia Dowden
Understanding the Storytelling of Older Adults for AAC System Design
Sheela Stuart
Attitudes of School-Aged Children Toward Their Peers Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Ann R. Beck, Heidi Fritz, Allison Keller, and Marcia Dennis
Examining Preschoolers' Performance in Linear and Row-Column Scanning Techniques
Krista Petersen, Joe Reichle, and Susan S. Johnston
Impact of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices on Families
Dianne H. Angelo
Automatic Speech Recognition and a Review of Its Functioning with Dysarthric Speech
Kristin Rosen and Sasha Yampolsky
Tangible Symbols, Tangible Outcomes
Charity Rowland and Philip Schweigert
Children's Use of Memory Strategies: Relevance to Voice Output Communication Aid Use
Judith D. Oxley and Janet A. Norris
Shrinking Kim: Effects of Active versus Passive Computer Instruction on the Learning of Element and Compound Blissymbols
Orit E. Hetzroni and Lyle L. Loyd
An Elementary Student with Severe Expressive Communication Impairment in a General Education Classroom: Sequential Analysis of Interactions
Kenneth O. Simpson, David R. Beukelman, and Tom Sharpe
ISAAC GOVERNANCE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
Tentative Schedule for ISAAC 2000: AAC in the New Millennium "Reach for the Stars"
ISAAC Board of Directors 1998-2000
ISAAC Executive Committee 2000
ISAAC Chapters
ISAAC Membership
Announcements
Abstracts
ISAAC 2000: ISAAC's most Accessible Biennial Conference
Articles
Intervention in the Intensive Care Unit: The Children's Hospital Boston Model
John M. Costello
Comparison of Correct Responses and Response Latency for Fixed and Dynamic Displays: Performance of a Learner with Severe Developmental Disabilities
Joe Reichle, Elizabeth E . Dettling, Kathryn D.R. Drager, and Ann Leiter
Rate and Quality of Conversations Using a Text-Storage AAC System: Single-Case Training Study
John Todman
Examining Perceptions of Graphic Symbols Across Cultures: Preliminary Study of the Impact of Culture/Ethnicity
Mary Blake Huer
Accuracy of Three Speech Recognition Systems: Case Study of Dysarthric Speech
Karen Hux, Joan Rankin-Erickson, Nancy Manasse, and Elizabeth Lauritzen
Intervention Note
Improved Comprehenison of Object Names Following Voice Output Communication Aid Use: Two Case Studies
Nancy C. Brady
Correction
Rowland C., Schweigert, P. (2000). Tangible symbols, tangible outcomes. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 16, 61-78.
Announcement of award winners
Editorial
Where Have All the Intervention Studies Gone?
Pat Mirenda
Articles
Promoting Generalization and Maintenance in Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Meta-Analysis of 20 Years of Effectiveness Research
Ralf W. Schlosser and David L. Lee
Use of Electronic Communication to Develop Mentor-Protege Relationships Between Adolescent and Adult AAC Users: Pilot Study
Kevin J. Cohen and Janice C. Light
Influence of Length of Augmented Message on Children's Attitudes Toward Peers Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Ann R. Beck, Kelly Kingsbury, Allison Neff, and Marcia Dennis
Examination of the Effects of Listening Practice on Synthesized Speech Comprehension
Mary E. Reynolds, Charlene Isaacs-Duvall, Bethany Sheward, and Margaret Rotter
Preschoolers with Communication Impairments Play Shrinking Kim: An Interactive Computer Storytelling Intervention for Teaching Blissymbols
Orit E. Hetzroni and Philip J. Belfiore
Forum
Literacy in AAC: What Should Be Written on the Envelope We Push?
David A. Koppenhaver
Editorial
Beneath the Surface
Pat Mirenda
Forum
Having My Say
David E. Yoder
Articles
Reading and Spelling, Phonological Awareness, and Working Memory in Children with Severe Speech Impairments: A Longitudinal Study
Annika Dahlgren Sandberg
Focus Group Discussions of Literacy Assessment and World Wide Web-Based Reading Intervention
Teresa Iacono, Susan Balandin, and Linda Cupples
Phonological Processing in Written Word Learning: Assessment for Children Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Margaretha C. Vandervelden and Linda S. Siegel
Intervention Note
Use of Pictographic-Articulatory Symbols to Promote Alphabetic Reading in a Language-Impaired Boy: Case Study
Ernest Ottem
Guest Editorial
Augmentative and Alternative Communication in the 21st Century
Filip Loncke
Articles
Critical Issues in the Inclusion of Students Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: An Educational Team Perspective
Gloria Soto, Eve Muller, Pam Hunt, and Lori Goetz
Gesture and Word Production in Children with Down Syndrome
Jeffrey B. Chan and Teresa Iacono
Instructional Effectiveness of an Integrated Theater Arts Program for Children Using Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Their Nondisabled Peers: Preliminary Study
John McCarthy and Janice Light
Preparing for the Future: Aging and Alternative Communication
Susan Balandin and John Morgan
Effects of Age and Divided Attention on Listeners' Comprehension of Synthesized Speech
Kathryn D.R. Drager and Joe E. Reichle
Adaptations of Fast Mapping for Vocabulary Intervention with Augmented Language Users
Krista M. Wilkinson and Aranya Albert
Guest Editorial
Research to Practice: An Exciting Time in Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Melanie Fried-Oken and Julia M. King
Articles
Been There, Done That: A Very Personal Introduction to the Special Issue on Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Acquired Disorders
Melanie Fried-Oken
Promoting Acceptance of Augmentative and Alternative Communication by Adults with Acquired Communication Disorders
Joanne P. Lasker and Jan L. Bedrosian
Linguistic and Cognitive Supplementation Strategies as Augmentative and Alternative Communication Techniques in Huntington's Disease: Case Report
Estelle R. Klasner and Kathryn M. Yorkston
Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Adults Following Glossectomy and Laryngectomy Surgery
Lynn E. Fox and Marie T. Rau
Trends in Augmentative and Alternative Communication Use by Individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Molly Doyle and Barbara Phillips
"Don't Give Up:" Employment Experiences of Individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
David McNaughton, Janice Light, and Linda Groszyk
Memory Aids as an Augmentative and Alternative Communication Strategy for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
Michelle S. Bourgeois, katinka Dijkstra, Louis Burgio, and Rebecca Allen-Burge
Editorial
So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu
Pat Mirenda
Articles
Unfamiliar Listeners' Evaluation of Speech Supplementation Strategies for Improving the Effectiveness of Severely Dysarthric Speech
Katherine C. Hustad
Using Written Stories to Support the Use of Narrative in Conversational Interactions: Case Study
Annalu Waller, David A. O'Mara, Lesley Tait, Lynda Booth, Bernadette Brophy-Arnott, and Hilary E. Hood
Development and Evaluation of a Minispeak Application Using Blissymbols: Experiences from two Case Studies
Ulrika Ferm, Britt Amberntosn, and Gunilla Thunberg
Use of Picture Dictionaries to Promote Written Communication by Students with Hearing and Cognitive Impairments
Elisabeth Tucker Cohen, Margaret H. Allgood, Kathryn Wolff Heller, and Melanie Castelle
Improving Word Prediction Using Markov Models and Heuristic Methods
Sheri Hunnicutt and Johan Carlberger
An Investigation of Different Degrees of Dsarthric Speech as Input to Speaker-Adaptive and Speaker-Dependent Recognition Systems
Parimala Raghavendra, Elisabet Rosengren, and Sheri Hunnicutt
Editorial
With Growth Comes Transition
Teresa Iacono
Articles
Phonatory Control in Adults with Cerebral Palsy and Severe Dysarthria
Rupal Patel
Factors Influencing Ratings of Speech Naturalness in Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Ann Ratcliff, Sue coughin, and Mark Lehman
Collaborative Teaming to Support Students with Augmentative and Alternative Communication Needs in General Education Classrooms
Pam Hunt, Gloria Soto, Julie Maier, Eve Muller, and Lori Goetz
Tutorial
On the Importance of Being Earnest about Treatment Integrity
Ralf W. Schlosser
Forum
Clinical Implications of an Augmentative and Alternative Communication Taxonomy
H.S. Venkatagiri
Articles
"Getting Your Wheel in the Door:" Successful Full-Time Employment Experiences of Individuals with Cerebral Palsy Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
David McNaughton, Janice Light, and Kara B. Arnold
Conversation Patterns of Three Adults Using Aided Speech: Variations Across Partners
Eve Muller and Gloria Soto
Attitudes of Children Toward an Unfamiliar Peer Using an AAC Device With and Without Voice Output
Margaret Lilienfeld and Erna Alant
Selecting Graphic Symbols for an Initial Request Lexicon: Integrative Review
Ralf W. Schlosser and jeff Sigafoos
Intervention Note
Generalization of Skills Using Pictographic and Voice Output Communication Devices
Tina Taylor Dyches, Annabelle Davis, Bonnie R. Lucido, and James R. Young
Articles
Effectiveness of Using Discrete Utterance Speech Recognition Software
Ava-Lee Kotler and Cynthia Tam
Effects of Word Prediction and Location of Word Prediction List on Text Entry with Children with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
Cynthia Tam, Denise Reid, Stephen Naumann, and Bernard O'Keefe
Using Dynamic Assessment with Learners Who Communicate Nonsymbolically
Martha E. Snell
Professional Judgments of the Intentionality of Communicative Acts
Mark Carter and Teresa Iacono
Grammatical Issues in Graphic Symbol Communication
Ann Sutton, Gloria Soto, and Susan Blockberger
Interpretation of Graphic Symbol Utterances
Ann Sutton, Tanya M. Gallagher, Jill P. Morford, and Navid Shahnaz
Editorial
Words
Teresa Iacono
Articles
Influence of Communicative Competence and Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technique on Children's Attitudes Toward a Peer Who Uses AAC
Ann R. Beck, Stacey Bock, James R. Thompson, and Kullaya Kosuwan
Evaluation of the Coherence of Computer-Aided Conversations
Portia File and John Todman
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology Learning Part 1: Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention Specialists
Rebecca Burke, David R. Beukelman, Laura Ball, and Christy A. Horn
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology Learning Part 2: Preprofessional Students
David R. Beukelman, Rebecca Burke, Laura Balll, and Christy A. Horn
Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Israel: Results from a Family Survey
Orit Hetzroni
Research Note
Thinking about Conducting Culturally Sensitive Research in Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Mary Blake Huer and Terry Irvine Saenz
2003
Volume 19/Number 1
Editorial
A New Look AAC
Teresa Iacono
Guest Editorial
Speech Output: Taking Stock and Moving Forward
Ralf W. Schlosser
Original Articles
Roles of Speech Output in Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Narrative Review
Ralf W. Schlosser
Use of Speech-Generating Devices: In Support of Natural Speech
Doreen M. Blischak, Linda J. Lombardino and Alice T. Dyson
Effects of Speech Output on Maintenance of Requesting and Frequency of Vocalizations in Three Children with Developmental Disabilities
Jeff Sigafoos, Robert Didden and Mark O'Reilly
Synthetic Speech Perception in Individuals With and Without Disabilities
Rajinder Koul
Issues Affecting Staff Enhancement of Speech-Generating Device Use Among People with Severe Cognitive Disabilities
Maureen M. Schepis and Dennis H. Reid
Original Articles
Core Vocabulary determination for Toddlers
Meher Banajee, Cynthia Dicarlo and Sarintha Buras Stricklin
The Semantic Organization Patterns of Young Children: Implications for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Karen A. Fallon, Janice Light and Amy Achenbach
The Use of Visual Supports in Teaching Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to Initiate Interactions
Susan Johnston, Catherine Nelson, Joanne Evans and Kristie Palazolo
General Education Teachers' Experiences with Inclusion of Students who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Jennifer E. Kent-Walsh and Janice C. Light
Ending the Silence: Adults who Use Augmentative Communication and their Experiences as Victims of Crimes
Diane Nelson Bryen, Allison Carey and Beverly Frantz
Forum
Letter to the Editor
Do Individuals from Diverse Cultrual and Ethnic Backgrounds Perceive Graphic Symbols Differently?
Ravi Nigam
Author Response
Individuals from Diverse Cultural and Ethnic Backgrounds May Perceive Graphic Symbols Differently: Response to Nigam
Mary Blake Huer
Original Articles
Communicative Spontaneity of Children with High Support Needs who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems I: Classroom Spontaneity, Mode, and Function
Mark Carter
Communicative Spontaneity of Children with High Support Needs who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems II: Antecedents and Effectiveness of Communication
Mark Carter
Attitudes Toward Communication Modes and Message Formulation Techniques Used for Storytelling by People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Melanie Richter, Laura J. Ball, David R. Beukelman, Joanne Lasker and Cara Ullman
Improving Intelligibility of Speakers with Profound Dysarthria and Cerebral Palsay
Katherine C. Hustad, Julie Auker, Nicole Natale and Rhonda Carlson
Intervention Note
Augmentative Communication Employment Training and Supports (ACETS)
Kevin J. Cohen, Diane N. Bryen and Allison C. Carey
Original Articles
Grammatical Morphology Acquisition by Children with Complex Communication Needs
Susan Blockberger and Judith R. Johnston
Effect of Pre-utterance Pause Length on Perceptions of Communicative Competence in AAC-Aided Social Conversations
John Todman and Halina Rzepecka
Opening Up a 'Whole New World': Employer and Co-worker Perspectives on Working with Individuals who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
David McNaughton, Janice Light and Stephanie Gulla
Common Questions About AAC Services in Early Intervention
Cynthia J. Cress and Christine A. Marvin
Original Articles
Evidence-Based Practice in Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Ralf W. Schlosser and Parimala Raghavendra
The Effect of Aging and Synthetic Topic Cues on the Intelligibility of Dysarthric Speech
Wylanta Jones, Pamela Mathy, Tamiko Azuma and Julie Liss
Egyptian Speech Therapists Want More Knowledge About Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Siri Wormnces and Yvette Abdel Malek
Letter to the Editor
Research Issues of Speech Recognition Accuracy Measurements: Comments on Kotler and Tam (2002)
Bruce Wisenburn
Author Response
Research Issue of Speech Recognition Accuracy Measurements: Response to Bruce Wisenburn
Ava-Lee Kotler and Cynthia Tam
Coming of Age
John Todman
The Use of Communicative Function among Pre-school Children with Multiple Disabilities in Two Different Setting Conditions: Group Versus Individual Patterns
Cecilia Olsson
Conversational Topics Between a Child with Complex Communication Needs and her Caregiver at Mealtime
Ulrika Ferm, Elisabeth Ahlsen and Eva Bjorck-Akesson
Attitudes toward Individuals Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Research Review
John McCarthy and Janice Light
A Demographic Survey of Children and Adolescent with Complex Needs in Israel
Patrice L. Weiss, Judy Seligman-Wine, Tal Lebel, Netta Arzi and Shira Yalon-Chamovitz
The Dual Challenges of Aided Communication and Adolescence
Martine M. Smith
Special Issue: Inclusive Education and Participation: Current Issues in AAC
Guest Editorial
“Inclusive Education and Participation: Current Issues in AAC”
Gloria Soto
Original Articles
Constructing Preschool Communities of Learner that Afford Alternative Language Development
Stephen Von Tetzchner, Kari Merete Brekke, Bente Sjothun and Elisabeth Grindheim.
A Case Study of Team Supports for a Student with Autism’s Communication and Engagement within the General Education Curriculum: Preliminary Report of the Beyond Access Model
Rae M. Sonnenmeier, Micheal McSheehan and Cheryl M. Jorgensen
The Bridge School: Educational Inclusion Outcomes over 15 Years
Mary Hunt-Berg
Inclusive Education for High School Students with Severe Intellectual Disabilities: Supporting Communication
June E. Downing
Person-Focused Learning: A Collaborative Teaching Model to Prepare Future AAC Professionals
Nancy B. Robinson and Kathleen C. Sadao
“When I First Got It, I Wanted to Throw It Off a Cliff”: The Challenges and Benefits of Learning AAC Technologies as Described by
Adults Who Use AAC
Tracy Rackensperger, Carole Krezman, David McNaughton, Michael B/ Williams and Karen D’Silva
AAC Technology Learning Part 3: Regular AAC Team Members
David R. Beukelman, Elizabeth Hanson, Eloise Hiatt, Susan Fager
and Denise Bilyeu
Communication Partner Instruction in AAC Team Members
Jennifer Kent-Walsh and David McNaughton
An AAC Training Program for Special EducationTeachers: A Case Study of Palestinian Arab Teachers in Israel
Rupal Patel and Reem Khamis-Dakwar
The Effect of Remnant and Pictographic Books on the Communicative Interaction of Individuals with Global Aphasia
Kimberly M. Ho, Shelley J Weiss, Kathryn L. Garrett and Lyle L. Lloyd
2005 Volume 21/Number 4
Searching for Evidence in Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Navigating a Scattered Literature
Ralf W. Scholosser, Oliver Wendt, Katie L. Angermeier and Manisha Shetty
Effects of Speech Supplementation Strategies on Intelligibility and Listener Attitudes for a Speaker with Mild Dysarthria
Katherine C, Hustad
Teaching Teachers About Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Opportunities and Challenger of a Web-Based Course
Tal Lebel, Elite Olshtain and Patrice L. Weiss
The Social Interaction of an Adolescent who uses AAC: The Evaluation of a Peer-Training Program
Margaret Lilienfeld and Erna Alant
AAC Use and Service Provision: A Survey of New Zealand-Language Therapists
Dean E. Sutherland, Gail G. Gillon and David Yoder
2006 Volume 22/Number 1
Job-Related Social Networks and Communication Technology
Diane Nelson Bryen
Exploring Visual-Graphic Symbol Acquisition by Pre-School Age with Developmental and Language Delays
Andrea Barton, Rose A. Sevcik and Mary Ann Romski
What Happens to Reading Between First and Third Grade? Implications Students Who Use AAC
Janet Sturm, Stephanie A. Spadorica, James Cunningham, Kathleen S. Cali. Amy Staples
Karen Erickson, David E. Yoder and David A. Koppenhaver
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Use and Acceptance By Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury
Susan Fager, Karen Hux, David R. Beukelman and Renee Karantounis
Identifying Patterns of Communication Behaviors in Girls with Rett Syndrome
Orit E. Hertzroni, Corinne Rubin
Reducing the Risk of Sexual Abuse for People Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Barbra Collier, Donna McGhie-Richmond, Fran Odette and Jake Pyne
AAC Menu Interface: Effectiveness of Active versus Passive Learning to Master Abbreviation-Expansion Codes
Ellyn Gregory, Medlinda Soderman, Christy Ward, David R. Beukelman and Karen Hux
Perspectives of Speech Language Pathologists Regarding Success Versus Abandonment of AAC
Jeanne M. Johnston, Ella Inglebret, Carla Jones and Jayanti Ray
Comparison of Standardized Assessments for Cognitive and Receptive Communication Skills in Young Children with Complex
Communication Needs
Byron Ross and Cynthia Cress
Effects of Repeated Listening Experiences on the Perception of Synthetic Speech by Individuals with Mild-to-Moderate Intellectual
Disabilities
Rajinder Koul and Kathryn C. Clapsaddle
Preschoolers’ Speed of Locating a Target Symbol Under Different
Krista M. Wilkinson, Michael Carlin and Winoth Jagaroo
Post-School Quality of Life Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Who Use AAC
Bruce Hamm and Pat Mirenda
The Phonological Awareness Abilities of Children with Cerebral Palsy Who do not Speak
Ruth Card and Barbra Dodd
Concomitant Use of the Matrix Strategy and theMand-Model Procedure in Teaching Graphic Symbol Combinations
RAvi Nigam, Ralf W. Schlosser and Lyle L. Lloyd
AAC and Community Partnerships: The Participation Path to Community Inclusion
Beatta Batorowicz, Stacy McDougall and Tracy Shepard
Accessible Information for People with Complex Communication Needs
Janet S. Owens
Purposes of AAC Device for Persons with ALS as Reported by Caregivers
Melanie Fried-Oken, Lynn Fox, Marie T. Rau, Jill Tullman, Glory Baker, Mary Hindal, Nancy Wile and Jau-Shim Lou
Use of Safe-Laser Access Technology to Increase Head Movement in Persons with Severe Motor Impairments: A Series of Case Reports
Susan Fager, Dave Beukelman, Renee Karantounis and Tom Jakobs
Exploring the Elements of Narrative that Emerge in the Interactions between an 8-Year-Old Child who uses an
AAC Device and her Teacher
Gloria Soto, Elizabeth Hartman and David Wilkins
Demonstration of a Method for Assessing Semantic Organization And Category Membership in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Receptive Vocabulary Limitations
Krista M. Wilkinson, and Cecilia Rosenquist
Synthesized Speech Intelligibility among Native Speakers and Non-Native Speakers of English
Diane Mayasari Alamsaputra, Kathyn J. Kohnert, Benjamin Munson, Jonathan Jones
Re-designing Scanning to Reduce Learning Demands: The Performance of Typically Developing 2-Year-Olds
John McCarthy, Janice Light, Kathrym Drager, David McNaughton, Laura Grodzicki, Jonathan Jones, Elizabeth Panek and Elizabeth Parkin
Long-Term Outcomes for Individuals Who Use Augmentative And Alternative Communication: Part I- What is a “Good” Outcome?
Shelley K. Lund and Janice Light
Use of Aided Language Stimulation to Improve Syntactic Performance During a Weeklong Intervention Program
Joan Bruno and David Trembath