Effects of video VSDs on modes of communication (Starr et al., 2018)

Starr, V., Caron, J., Light, J., & McNaughton, D. (2018, November). Effects of Video Visual Scene Display on modes of communication. Poster at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Conference, Boston, MA.
Starr et al. (2018) Handout (pdf)
Abstract:Five individuals (3 with speech, 2 without) with severe ASD participated in a single subject study to investigate the effects of video visual scene displays on communication turns. Post-hoc analysis revealed an increase in use of speech during intervention, for the individuals with speech at baseline. These findings contribute to research reviews indicating that AAC doesn’t impede speech production.
All RERC on AAC projects presented at ASHA 2018 can be found here.