Table of Contents
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Symptoms and Natural Course
Survival
Communication Characteristics
Stage of Intervention 1: Normal (Yorkston et al.)
Stage 2: Detectable Speech Disturbances
Stage 3: Behavioral Modifications
Stage 4: Use of AAC
Stage 5: Loss of Useful Speech
Unique AAC Issues
ALS & AAC Use
Timing
ALS Severity Scale (Speech) (Hillel, et al., 1989)
ALS Severity Scale (Speech) (Con't)
Changes in Intelligibility, Speaking Rate, &
Oral Movement Rates (Yorkston, Strand, Miller, Hillel, Smith, 1993)
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Implications for AAC Intervention (1)
Implications for AAC Intervention (2)
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Implications for AAC Intervention (3)
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Outcome Reports
Multiple AAC approaches for ALS
Brain Stem Stroke: Natural Course
Unique AAC Issues
Supplemented Speech: Speaker with Brain Stem Stroke
(Beukelman & Yorkston, 1977)
Semantic Supplemented Speech (Hammen, Yorkston,
& Dowden, 1991)
Gullian Barre' Syndrome: Symptoms and Natural Course
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Communication Characteristics
Unique AAC issues
Multiple Sclerosis
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Natural Course
Communication Characteristics
Unique AAC Issues
Case Study Report (Porter, 1989)
Parkinson's Disease
Communication Characteristics Stage 1 Normal Speech
Stage 2: Early Speech Problems
Stage 3: Moderate Speech Disability
Stage 4: Severe Speech Disability
Unique AAC Issues |
Author: David Beukelman |