title: Nonvocal communication: performance evaluation.
abstract: With the increasing number of communication options available to severely dysarthric individuals, there is a growing need to develop techniques for the evaluation of nonvocal communication performance. A data collection and analysis system was developed in order to assess the performance of 2 nonvocal communicators. Records of entire messages were obtained along with durational measures of communication partner receiving time for each message, identity of the communication partner and location.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities; D003625:Data Collection; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*