Below are links to short descriptions of the grants that we worked on in the past.

• Brain-Computer Interface to Enhance Attention in Alzheimer’s disease
• AAC Rehabilitation for Conversation in Dementia

• Effectiveness of AAC in Individuals with Degenerative Language Disorders

Writing papers about our work is an important part of the research process. The papers you will find here have been included in conference proceedings and peer-reviewed journals.

• McLaughlin, D.E., Klee, D., Memmott, T., Peters, B., Wiedrick, J., Fried-Oken, M., and Oken, B. (2021) Methodology and feasibility of neurofeedback to improve visual attention to letters in mild Alzheimer’s disease. Arxiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.12153
• What's on Your Mind? Conversation Topics Chosen by People With Degenerative Cognitive-Linguistic Disorders for Communication Boards. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2015, 24(2), 272-280. 

• AAC to Support Conversation in Persons with Moderate Alzheimer's Disease. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2015,  28(4), 219-231. PMC # 3755605. 

• AAC Strategies and Tools for Persons with Dementia. The ASHA Leader 16 (2010): 8-11. 

• The Effect of Voice Output on AAC - Supported Conversations of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease. ACM Transactions of Accessible Computing (TACCESS). 2009, 1(3).  

Every year we give presentations about the work we are doing. We have a diverse team who present on different aspects of the study.

• Symbols and Output Modes for Augmented Conversation in Moderate Dementia

• ASHA, Variable Effects of AAC Input/ Output on Conversations in Dementia 

• Supporting Conversation in Persons with Alzheimer's Disease,   Festival of International Conference on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology, Toronto, Canada, June, 2007.

• Linguistic Access to Different Symbol Types by Persons with Dementia, ISAAC, Toronto, Canada, October, 2004

• Communication Supports for Persons with Dementia

• Can We Augment Conversation for Persons with Dementia?ISAAC, Dusseldorf, Germany, 2006

• AAC is a Semantic Prime for Conversations in Moderate Alzheimer's Disease, ISAAC, Montreal, Canada, 2008

Below are links to articles and other writings from community members who are participating in our research. You will also find links to newsletters featuring our research. 

• Effect of Voice Output Digest
• Effect of Training on AAC Use Digest