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Publications


Journal Articles

2010

Beukelman, D., Dietz, A., McKelvey, M., Hux, K., & Weissling, K. (In press). Visual scene displays: AAC design specifications aimed at reducing the cognitive/linguistic load for people with chronic aphasia. Disability & Rehabilitation.

McKelvey, M., Hux, K., Dietz, A., Beukelman, D. (2010). Impact of personal relevance and contextualization on comprehension by people with chronic aphasia. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 19, 22-33. (Abstract)

Quach, W. & Beukelman, D. (2010). Facilitating children’s learning of augmentative and alternative communication systems. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 26, 1-11


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Nordness, A., Beukelman, D., & Ullman, C. (2010). Impact of alphabet supplementation on speech and pause durations of dysarthric speakers with traumatic brain injury: A research note. Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology, 18, 35-43.

Ball, L., Fager, S., Nordness, A., Kersch, K., Mohr, B., Pattee, G., Beukelman, D., (2010). Eye-gaze access of AAC technology for persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology, 18, 11-23.

Hanson, E., Beukelman, D., Heidemann, J., & Shutts, E. (2010). Impact of alphabet supplementation and word prediction on sentence intelligibility of electronically distorted speech. Speech Communication, 52, 99-105. (abstract)

Bryen, D. N., Chung, Y., & Lever, S. (2010). What you might not find in a typical Transition Plan! Some important lessons from adults who rely on Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 19, 32-40. (Abstract).

Luciani, B. A. (2010). Woman With speech disability achieves dream: Goes to college. Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 19, 41-43. (Abstract). 

Kennedy, P. (2010). Navigating through transition With individuals with speech disabilities. Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 19, 44-50. (Abstract).

McNaughton, D., & Arnold, A. (2010). Supporting positive employment outcomes for individuals who use AAC. Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 19, 51-59. (Abstract).

Hux, K., Buechter, M., Wallace, S., Weissling, K. (2010). Using visual scene displays to create a shared communication space for a person with aphasia. Aphasiology, 24, 643-660.  (abstract)

Fager, S., Beukelman, D., Jakobs, T., & Hossum, J.P. (2010). Evaluation of a Speech Recognition Prototype for Speakers with Moderate and Severe Dysarthria: A Preliminary Report. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 26, 267-277. (abstract)

 Wallace, S., Hux, K., & Beukelman, D.R. (2010). Navigation of a dynamic screen AAC interface by survivors of severe traumatic brain injury. Augmentative and Alternative Communication. 26, 242-254. (abstract)

Wallace, S., Hux, K., & Beukelman, D.R. (In Press). Navigation of a dynamic screen AAC interface by survivors of severe traumatic brain injury. Augmentative and Alternative Communication.

Fried-Oken, M., Rowland, C., & Gibbons, C. (2010). Providing Augmentative and Alternative Communication Treatment to Persons With Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia. Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders, 20, 21-25. (abstract)

Nordness, A., Ball, L., Fager, S., Beukelman, D., & Pattee, G. (2010). Late AAC assessment for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology. 18, 48-54.

Books and Book Chapters

 Higginbotham, D.J. (2010). Humanizing vox artificialis : the role of speech synthesis in augmentative and alternative communication. In J. Mullennix and S. Stern (eds.), Computer synthesized speech technologies: tools for aiding impairment, Hershey: Medical Information Science Reference. (link)

McNaughton, D.B. & Beukelman, D.R. (Eds.). (2010). Transition strategies for adolescents and young adults who use AAC. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing (link)

Newsletter Articles

Lightholder, L. (July, 2010). Patient Provider Communication. ConnSENSE Bulletin. (full text).

Lightholder, L. (July, 2010). Writers Brigade: A key to plans and dreams. ConnSENSE Bulletin. (full text).

Link to previous AAC-RERC (2003-2008) Publications


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