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Browsing Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) by Supervisor "Tonsing, Kerstin Monika"
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Background: South Africa recognizes 12 official languages and despite its commitment to supporting them equally, English still dominates in the healthcare and education sectors. Discrimination against multilingual clients ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Many adults with intellectual disability are unable to meet their everyday communication needs due to various communication difficulties. Opportunities for meaningful social interactions, self-determination and community ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The aims of the study were to describe and compare the vocal productions by children with motor speech disorders (MSDs) when using a communication board versus a speech-generating device (SGD) and to determine peer perceptions ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)The structure of graphic symbol utterance constructed by children with typical development and also children with little or no functional speech often differs considerably from spoken utterances. Whether the structure of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) can enable individuals with little or no functional speech to communicate functionally in a variety of communicative contexts. Aided AAC systems for individuals who are ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The rights of all persons to be granted equal access to higher education are espoused in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. More recently, attention has focused on the provision of inclusive education specifically ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Persons who cannot rely on natural speech to fulfil their communication need to use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to enable them to participate in life activities. For persons who are nonliterate, the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022-11)Background: When designing AAC systems for children who have not yet developed conventional literacy skills, a process of vocabulary selection is employed. Core vocabulary is a list of words used frequently by particular ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems can benefit persons whose speech is too limited to meet their communication needs. Some AAC systems require words and phrases to be preselected and represented on ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)This study employed an exploratory sequential mixed method design to develop and evaluate a programme aimed at training Vhavenda caregivers of children living in low-income contexts to implement augmentative and alternative ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)A large portion of the world’s population is multilingual. This trend is reflected in the population with communication disorders, and therefore in people with complex communication needs (CCN). People with CCN may need ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)When children with significant communication difficulties experience pain, they are in dire need of an appropriate means to communicate their pain in order to receive appropriate treatment. Self-report – the first step in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Identifying higher-order emotional states of others is an important aspect of emotional development, as it is central to achieving emotional competence, which is a prerequisite for both immediate and long-term functional ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Children with cerebral palsy in South Africa may face various challenges in their acquisition of literacy. In order to address these, an understanding of the nature of these challenges can be seen as the first step. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Background: Persons with post-stroke aphasia often require rehabilitation services, including those provided by occupational therapists and physiotherapists. Due to the communication impairments that persons with post-stroke ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022-07)Background: It is necessary to advance the integration of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) into rehabilitation plans to improve communication and social participation outcomes for persons with post-stroke ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Read abstract in the document
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)The impact of aphasia on the lives of the individuals with the disorder as well as their family and friends is significant. Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems that use topics to organise the message ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Background: Parents of children who have complex communication needs and require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) are often faced with complex decisions about language choices and practices when their ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Persons with disability, especially those with complex communication needs, face various barriers in realising their right to access justice when a crime has been committed against them. Giving a statement to the police ...
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