COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR CHILDREN: PROCEDURES AND PROBLEMS
- 1 August 1992
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
- Vol. 34 (8) , 719-730
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1992.tb11507.x
Abstract
This paper describes the organisation and procedures of the Communication Aids Centre for children at the Wolfson Centre, London, including a model for assessment and recommendation of appropriate aids, such as symbol charts, switches and speech synthesisers. Of the children seen over an 18-month period, most had cerebral palsy and two-thirds were wheelchair-dependent. Almost half were assessed before the age of five years. A detailed follow-up of nine children is presented which reveals how long children may have to wait for the provision of an aid in the UK. Possible problems in establishing use of an aid are discussed; these include inadequate training of children and their communication partners. Suggestions for future improvements of communication-aids services are explored.Keywords
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