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Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
Studies exploring ways in which verbal communication of people with very limited or no verbal expression can be facilitated and enhanced by means of augmentative communication strategies. These strategies include both unaided systems (gestures) and aided systems (graphic symbols) |
Postgraduate students' research projects completed in 2001 (titles of dissertations and
theses) |
Dissertations |
Gouws JG: The generic speech patterns of ten-year-old children (Prof E Alant) |
Haupt E: The iconicity of selected Picture Communication Symbols for rural Zulu-speaking children (Prof E Alant) |
Koekemoer H: A comparison of the learnability and retention between Blissymbols and a handdrawn graphic symbol system. (Prof E Alant) |
Somnath N: Primary health care nurses' perceptions of the rehabilitation needs of children with severe disabilities (Dr J Bornman) |
Tönsing KM: Social conversation at the workplace (Prof E Alant) |
Van Biljon GC: The knowledge of practising physiotherapists in the Northern Province of people with little or no funcitonal speech (LNFS). (Dr J Bornman) |
van der Merwe E: Young adults' associations with MinspeakTM icons (Prof E Alant) |
Theses |
Bornman J: The development of a primary level communication intervention protocol for children with severe disabilities (Prof E Alant) |