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Purdue University
For information contact:
Lyle L. Lloyd, Ph.D., CCC-A&SLP, lloydaac@purdue.edu
Professor of Special Education, and
Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
http://www.edst.purdue.edu/lloyd
Oliver Wendt, Ph.D., olli@purdue.edu
Assistant Professor of Special Education, and
Assistant Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~wendto
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
- The supplementation or replacement of natural speech
and/or writing using aided or unaided symbols. Blissymbols, pictographs,
Sigsymbols, tangible symbols, and electronically produced speech are
examples of aided symbols. Manual signs, gestures, and fingerspelling
are examples of unaided symbols. The use of aided symbols requires
a transmission device, whereas the use of unaided symbols requires
only the body.
- The field or area of clinical/educational practice
to improve the communication skills of individuals with little or
no functional speech. (Lloyd, Fuller, & Arvidson, 1997, p. 524)
Last update:
March 12, 2007
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to
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