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Small talk in adult conversations: Implications for AAC vocabulary selection

Julia King Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Nevada, School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, USA
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Tracie Spoeneman Department of Special Education and Communicative Disorders, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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Sheela Stuart Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
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David Beukelman Department of Special Education and Communicative Disorders, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Meyer Rehabilitation Institute, University of Nebraska - Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Pages 260-264 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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Emily McFadd & Krista Wilkinson. (2010) Qualitative Analysis of Decision Making by Speech-Language Pathologists in the Design of Aided Visual Displays. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 26:2, pages 136-147.
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Melanie Fried-Oken, Darlene Daniels, Olivia Ettinger, Aimee Mooney, Glory Noethe & Charity Rowland. (2015) What's on Your Mind? Conversation Topics Chosen by People With Degenerative Cognitive-Linguistic Disorders for Communication Boards. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 24:2, pages 272-280.
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