The Effect of AAC Intervention Using KIDS VIOCE on Improved Language Expression by Cerebral Palsy Children

Koh, Jin-Bok; Jeon, Byung-Un

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Commun Sci Disord. 2006;11(2): 145-163.

Jin-Bok Koh^` , and Byung-Un Jeon^`

고진복(Jin-Bok Koh)| 전병운(Byung-Un Jeon)

ABSTRACT

As cerebral palsy children generally cannot interact effectively and are only able to partially communicate, they require a vehicle of communication based on functional language, used by normal speakers, in order to express their basic thinking and needs, join activities, and interact with persons living in a place or belonging to a group. To solve the problem of a vehicle based on functional communication, and to develop augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) aids for use in schools, basic systematic research is needed to ensure educational achievement through communication intervention. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine whether the effect of AAC intervention using KIDS VOICE along with Dynamic Display, voice-synthesis and voice output can ensure nonverbal, cerebral palsy, linguistic expression independently and functionally. From the review results, the following conclusions were made: (1) The word expression range of all child subjects was increased by AAC intervention using KIDS VOICE along with Dynamic Display, voice-synthesis and voice output; (2) The word expression adjustment was accomplished by AAC intervention using KIDS VOICE along with Dynamic Display, voice-synthesis and voice output; (3) The word expression range and word expression adjustment were generalized at other places by AAC intervention using KIDS VOICE along with Dynamic Display, voice-synthesis and voice output; (4) The word expression range and word expression adjustment by AAC intervention using KIDS VOICE along with Dynamic Display, voice-synthesis and voice output were maintained until the intervention was completed.