Midterm Prep: Weeks 1-3

AAC Components

100

This type of AAC display changes screens or pages when an icon or button is selected

Dynamic

200

This type of speech output converts written text into spoken words produced by a computerized voice

Synthesized

300

Name two types of direct access

Finger selection

Eye gaze

Head pointing

Laser pointing

400

True or False: Message output is what a communicator sends to their communication partner

True

500

Put the symbols in order from most/ transparent(on top) to least/ opaque (on bottom) iconic: Photographs, Line Drawings, Real Objects, Traditional Orthography

Real Objects, Photographs, Line Drawings, Traditional Orthography

Types of AAC

100

A gesture

No-tech/ unaided

200

E-Tran Board

Low-tech

300

Indi with SnapScene

High-tech

400

The Eyelink Method

Low-tech

500

ProxTalker

Mid-tech

Symbol Organization

100

This organizational method groups symbols by categories such as 'food,' 'animals,' or 'actions'?

Taxonomic

200

This organizational method groups symbols by parts of speech, mapping symbols according to spoken word order?

Semantic-Syntactic

300

A visual schedule is an example of this type of symbol organization method

Chronological

400

True or False: Activity displays use semantic-syntactic organization for the symbols on each display

True

500

PODD combines what symbol organization systems to target communication for a variety of functions

Taxonomic and Schematic/Activity

Physical Access

100

This type of access is more motorically demanding

Direct selection

200

This type of scanning requires a communicator to press a switch only when an item is seen/heard

Automatic

300

True or False: Direct selection requires physical touch on a symbol or symbol display

False

400

This type of scanning requires someone to press and hold a switch until the targeted group or item is heard/seen

Directed/ Inverse

500

Given an example of feedback that can be provided to a communicator while forming their message.

Activation feedback: beep, click

Visual feedback: flash of light or screen

Tactile feedback: vibration, pulse, texture on board

Proprioceptive: movement with signs or of external device

Critical Thinking

100

Name a language skill that can be supported using a traditional VSD

• Early semantic skills (requesting, labeling, naming)
• Social sharing via selection of elements (hot spots) of photos 
• Providing context to information sharing
• Support to engage in routine tasks or activities of daily living with auditory or visual (embeded video model) support
• Peer Interaction such as sharing a photo of a toy to initiate play

200

This client profile (s) may have the most success learning to use a taxonomic grid display

communicators needing to repair breakdowns

school-aged communicator

communicators who need to establish conversation context

300

T/F: Research found that TBI patients had more difficulty with alphabetical organization compared to taxonomic

False; research shows that they had most success with using taxonomic displays (think TD SNAP Aphasia page set) though most reported preference in using an alphabetical organization

400

Assuming a communicator has the cognitive, visual, and motor skills to utilize prediction, name one benefit that prediction offers a communicator:

Reduce keystrokes needed to generate a message (for those with fatigue challenges)

Spelling support (for those who can read but stuggle to spell with word prediction generation based on letter input)

Grammar support (for those who need support with putting words in order via phrase prediction)

Increase rate of word and sentence generation, especially for those relying on scanning

500

What factors might make it difficult for a communicator to learn the iconic encoding necessary for Unity?

Age

Cognitive-Linguistic skills (understanding relationship of symbol representing more than one referent, memorization of codes)

Previously learning language (learning new encoding)