Speech-Generating Devices versus Manual Signing for Children with Developmental Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	van der Meer, Larah; Kagohara, Debora; Achmadi, Donna; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Sutherland, Dean; Sigafoos, Jeff
Titel	Speech-Generating Devices versus Manual Signing for Children with Developmental Disabilities
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 33 (2012) 5, S.1658-1669 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2012.04.004
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Developmental Disabilities; Children; Sign Language; Comparative Analysis; Communication Strategies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Entwicklungsstörung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Gebärdensprache; Kommunikationsstrategie
Abstract	We compared speed of acquisition and preference for using a speech-generating device (SGD) versus manual signing (MS) as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) options. Four children with developmental disabilities (DD), aged 5-10 years, were taught to request preferred objects using an iPod[R]-based SGD and MS. Intervention was introduced in a multiple-probe across participants design and SGD and MS conditions were compared in an alternating treatments design. A systematic choice-making paradigm was implemented to determine if the children showed a preference for using SGD or MS. All participants showed increased use of SGD when intervention was introduced, but only three learned under the MS condition. Three participants exhibited a preference for the SGD while the remaining participant demonstrated a preference for using MS. Results support previous studies showing that individuals with DD often show a preference for different AAC options and extend previous data by suggesting that acquisition and maintenance was better for the preferred option. (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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