REKNEW: Alzheimer's Disease

Our research on Alzheimer's Disease addresses the input mode or level of symbol that optimizes AAC device use for persons with moderate dementia. We compare the effectiveness of abstract symbols (printed words), two-dimensional symbols (colored photographs) and three-dimensional symbols (small objects) in AAC devices.

Communication Supports

Publications

  • The Effect of Voice Output on AAC-Supported Conversations of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease PDF
  • AAC Strategies and Tools for Persons with Dementia
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Presentations

  • Symbols and Output Modes for Augmented Conversation in Moderate Dementia
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  • ASHA, Variable Effects of AAC Input/output on Conversations in Dementia
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  • Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology (Toronto, Canada), Supporting Conversation in Persons with AD, June, 2007.
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  • ISAAC (Natal, Brazil), Linguistic Access to Different Symbol Types by Persons with Dementia, October, 2004
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  • Communication Supports for Persons with Dementia
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  • ISAAC (Dusseldorf, Germany), Can We Augment Conversation for Persons with Dementia?, 2006
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  • ISAAC (Montreal, Canada), AAC is a Semantic Prime for Conversations in Moderate Alzheimer's Disease, 2008
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Grant Abstracts

  • AAC Rehabilitation for Conversation in Dementia
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  • Effectiveness of AAC in Individuals with Degenerative Language Disorders
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Digests

  • Study 1 Digest
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  • Study 2 Digest
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Clinical Resources