title: Use of aided language stimulation to improve syntactic performance during a weeklong intervention program.
abstract: This pilot study assessed the performance of nine children, aged 4;8-14;5, who used augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems before and after a weeklong aided language stimulation intervention program. Pre/post test data were analyzed to evaluate the participants' syntactic complexity when using (a) a manual communication board and (b) a dynamic display speech generating device (DD-SGD). Results indicate that most participants improved their syntactic performance and that these gains were more pronounced when the participants used a manual communication board as compared with a DD-SGD. There was considerable individual variation in performance.
authors.affiliation: Children's Specialized Hospital, USA. JBruno@childrens-specialized.org
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trembath
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007808:Language Therapy; D010865:Pilot Projects