augmentative and alternativecommunication


augmentative and alternativecommunication

Any method or device that improves a person's ability to give information to or receive information from others. The term is used esp. for techniques that promote the exchange of language and symbols with the speech- and hearing-impaired. Technologies that assist communication include hearing aids, communication boards, and portable electronic (digital) devices that display, print out, or synthesize speech. Synonym: alternative communication See: communication boardSee also: communication