References
- Ajzen, I., & Fishbein, M. (2005). The influence of attitudes on behavior. In D. Albarracín, B. T. Johnson, & M. P. Zanna (Eds.), The handbook of attitudes (pp. 173–221). Mahwah, NJ, USA: Erlbaum.
- Au, K. W., & Man, D. W. (2006). Attitudes toward people with disabilities: A comparison between health care professionals and students. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. Internationale Zeitschrift Fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue Internationale de Recherches de Readaptation, 29(2), 155–160. doi:https://doi.org/10.1097/01.mrr.0000210048.09668.ab
- Beck, A., Bock, S., Thompson, J., & Kosuwan, K. (2002). Influence of communicative competence and augmentative and alternative communication technique on children's attitudes toward a peer who uses AAC. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 18(4), 217–227. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/07434610212331281301
- Beck, A., Kingsbury, K., Neff, A., & Dennis, M. (2000). Influence of length of augmented message on children's attitudes toward peers who use augmentative and alternative communication. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 16(4), 239–249. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/07434610012331279094
- Beukelman, D. R., Hux, K., Dietz, A., McKelvey, M., & Weissling, K. (2015). Using visual scene displays as communication support options for people with chronic, severe aphasia: A summary of AAC research and future research directions. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 31(3), 234–245. doi:https://doi.org/10.3109/07434618.2015.1052152
- Beukelman, D. R., & Mirenda, P. (2013). Augmentative & alternative communication: Supporting children and adults with complex communication needs. Paul H. Baltimore, MD, USA: Brookes Publishing.
- Brock, K. L., Koul, R., Corwin, M., & Schlosser, R. W. (2019). The psychometric properties of the communicative competence scale for individuals with aphasia using speech-generating devices. Aphasiology, 33(5), 520–543. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2018.1561639
- Brock, K., Koul, R., Corwin, M., & Schlosser, R. (2017). A comparison of visual scene and grid displays for people with chronic aphasia: A pilot study to improve communication using AAC. Aphasiology, 31(11), 1225–1285. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2016.1274874
- Canale, M. (1983). From communicative competence to communicative language pedagogy. In J. C. Richards, & R. W. Schmidt (Eds.), Language and Communication (pp. 2–27). London, UK: Longman.
- Carifio, J., & Perla, R. J. (2007). Ten common misunderstandings, misconceptions, persistent myths and urban legends about Likert scales and Likert response formats and their antidotes. Journal of Social Sciences, 3(3), 106–116. doi:https://doi.org/10.3844/jssp.2007.106.116
- Cronbach, L. J. (1951). Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests. Psychometrika, 16(3), 297–334. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02310555
- Dada, S., Stockley, N., Wallace, S., & Koul, R. (2019). The effect of augmented input on the auditory comprehension of narratives for people with aphasia: a pilot investigation. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 35(2), 148–155. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2019.1576766
- Dietz, A., Vannest, J., Maloney, T., Altaye, M., Holland, S., & Szaflarski, J. P. (2018). The feasibility of improving discourse in people with aphasia through AAC: Clinical and functional MRI correlates. Aphasiology, 32(6), 693–719. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2018.1447641
- Dietz, A., Weissling, K., Griffith, J., McKelvey, M., & Macke, D. (2014). The impact of interface design during an initial high-technology AAC experience: A collective case study of people with aphasia. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 30(4), 314–328. doi:https://doi.org/10.3109/07434618.2014.966207
- Eagly, A. H., & Chaiken, S. (1993). The psychology of attitudes. Fort Worth, TX, USA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
- Garrett, K. (2004). Measuring outcomes of group therapy. In R. Elman (Ed.), Group treatment of neurogenic communication disorders. The expert clinician’s approach (pp. 17–30). Burlington, MA, USA: Butterworth-Heinemann.
- Glass, G. V., Peckham, P. D., & Sanders, J. R. (1972). Consequences of failure to meet assumptions underlying the analyses of variance and covariance. Review of Educational Research, 42(3), 237–288. doi:https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543042003237
- Gorenflo, C. W., & Gorenflo, D. W. (1991). The effects of information and augmentative communication technique on attitudes toward nonspeaking individuals. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 34(1), 19–26. doi:https://doi.org/10.1044/jshr.3401.19
- Gorenflo, D. W., & Gorenflo, C. W. (1997). Effects of synthetic speech, gender, and perceived similarity on attitudes toward the augmented communicator. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 13(2), 87–91. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/07434619712331277878
- Gorenflo, C. W., Gorenflo, D. W., & Santer, S. A. (1994). Effects of synthetic voice output on attitudes toward the augmented communicator. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 37(1), 64–68. doi:https://doi.org/10.1044/jshr.3701.64
- Griffith, J., Dietz, A., & Weissling, K. (2014). Supporting narrative retells for people with aphasia using augmentative and alternative communication: Photographs or line drawings? Text or no text? American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 23(2), S213–S224. doi:https://doi.org/10.1044/2014_AJSLP-13-0089
- Hilari, K., & Northcott, S. (2017). “Struggling to stay connected”: Comparing the social relationships of healthy older people and people with stroke and aphasia. Aphasiology, 31(6), 674–687. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2016.1218436
- Holt-Lunstad, J., & Smith, T. (2012). Social relationships and mortality. Social and Personality Psychology, 6(1), 41–53.
- Hustad, K. C. (2001). Unfamiliar listeners' evaluation of speech supplementation strategies for improving the effectiveness of severely dysarthric speech. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 17(4), 213–220. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/aac.17.4.213.220
- Hustad, K. C., & Gearhart, K. J. (2004). Listener attitudes toward individuals with cerebral palsy who use speech supplementation strategies. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 13(2), 168–181. doi:https://doi.org/10.1044/1058-0360(2004/017)
- Hux, K., Buechter, M., Wallace, S., & Weissling, K. (2010). Using visual scene displays to create a shared communication space for a person with aphasia. Aphasiology, 24(5), 643–660. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/02687030902869299
- Jamieson, S. (2004). Likert scales: How to (ab)use them. Medical Education, 38(12), 1217–1218. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.02012.x
- Johnson, R. K., Hough, M. S., King, K. A., Vos, P., & Jeffs, T. (2008). Functional communication in individuals with chronic severe aphasia using augmentative communication. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 24(4), 269–280. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/07434610802463957
- Johnson, J. M., Inglebret, E., Jones, C., & Ray, J. (2006). Perspectives of speech language pathologists regarding success versus abandonment of AAC. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 22(2), 85–99. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/07434610500483588
- Kent-Walsh, J. E., & McNaughton, D. (2005). Communication partner instruction in AAC: Present practices and future directions. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 21(3), 195–204. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/07434610400006646
- Kertesz, A. (2006). The Western Aphasia Battery-Revised. San Antonio, TX, USA: Grune & Stratton.
- Koul, R. (2011). Augmentative and alternative communication for adults with aphasia: Science and clinical practice. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Koul, R. K., & Corwin, M. (2003). Efficacy of AAC intervention in individuals with chronic severe aphasia. In R. W. Schlosser, The efficacy of augmentative and alternative communication: Toward evidence-based practice (pp. 449–470). NY, USA: Academic Press.
- Koul, R., & Lloyd, L. (1998). Comparison of graphic symbol learning in individuals with aphasia and right hemisphere brain damage. Brain and Language, 62(3), 398–421. doi:https://doi.org/10.1006/brln.1997.1908
- Koul, R. K., Petroi, D., & Schlosser, R. (2010). Systematic review of speech generating devices for aphasia. In J. W. Mullennix & S. Stern (Eds.), Computer synthesized speech technologies: Tools for aiding impairment (pp. 148–160). Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global.
- Lasker, J., & Beukelman, D. R. (1999). Peers' perceptions of storytelling by an adult with aphasia. Aphasiology, 13(9–11), 857–869. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/026870399401920
- Light, J. (1989). Toward a definition of communicative competence for individuals using augmentative and alternative communication systems. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 5(2), 137–144. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618912331275126
- Light, J., & McNaughton, D. (2014). Communicative competence for individuals who require augmentative and alternative communication: A new definition for a new era of communication? Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 30(1), 1–18. doi:https://doi.org/10.3109/07434618.2014.885080
- McCarthy, J., & Light, J. (2005). Attitudes toward individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication: Research review. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 21(1), 41–55. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/07434610410001699753
- McKelvey, M. L., Hux, K., Dietz, A., & Beukelman, D. R. (2010). Impact of personal relevance and contextualization on word-picture matching by people with aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 19(1), 22–33. doi:https://doi.org/10.1044/1058-0360(2009/08-0021
- McNeil, M. R., Odell, K., & Tseng, C. H. (1991). Toward the integration of resource allocation into a general theory of aphasia. Clinical Aphasiology, 20, 21–39.
- Meyers, L. S., Gampst, G., & Guarino, A. J. (2006). Applied multivariate research: Design and interpretation. Thousand Oaks, CA, USA: Sage Publications, Inc.
- Nicholas, M., & Connor, L. T. (2017). People with aphasia using AAC: Are executive functions important? Aphasiology, 31(7), 819–836. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2016.1258539
- Nunnally, J. C. (1978). Psychometric theory (2nd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.
- Oppenheimer, J., Davis, M., Carroll, B., & Asher, W. (1952). Job Switching [I Love Lucy]. In D. Arnaz (Producer). CBS Television Distribution.
- Osborne, J. W., & Costello, A. B. (2009). Best practices in exploratory factor analysis: Four recommendations for getting the most from your analysis. Pan-Pacific Management Review, 12(2), 131–146. http://140.133.46.32/retrieve/33379/11930.pdf
- Pedersen, P., Vinter, K., & Olsen, T. (2004). Aphasia after stroke: Type, severity and prognosis. The Copenhagen aphasia study. Cerebrovascular Diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 17(1), 35–43. doi:https://doi.org/10.1159/000073896
- Petroi, D., Koul, R. K., & Corwin, M. (2014). Effect of number of graphic symbols, levels, and listening conditions on symbol identification and latency in persons with aphasia. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 30(1), 40–54. doi:https://doi.org/10.3109/07434618.2014.882984
- Pulvermüller, F., & Berthier, M. (2008). Aphasia therapy on a neuroscience basis. Aphasiology, 22(6), 563–599. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/02687030701612213
- Purdy, M., & Dietz, A. (2010). Factors influencing AAC usage by individuals with aphasia. Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 19(3), 70–78. doi:https://doi.org/10.1044/aac19.3.70
- Radtke, J. V., Tate, J. A., & Happ, M. B. (2012). Nurses' perceptions of communication training in the ICU. Intensive & Critical Care Nursing, 28(1), 16–25. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2011.11.005
- Richter, M., Ball, L., Beukelman, D., Lasker, J., & Ullman, C. (2003). Attitudes toward communication modes and message formulation techniques used for storytelling by people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 19(3), 170–186. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/0743461031000116544
- Schlosser, R. W. (2002). On the importance of being earnest about treatment integrity. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 18(1), 36–44. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/aac.18.1.36.44
- Schlosser, R. W. (2003). Roles of speech output in augmentative and alternative communication: Narrative review. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 19(1), 5–28. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/0743461032000056450
- Simmons-Mackie, R. (2008). Social approaches to aphasia intervention. In R. Chapey (Ed.), Language intervention strategies in aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders (pp. 290–318). Philadelphia, PA, USA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
- Spitzberg, B. H., & Adams, T. W. (2007). The Conversational Skills Rating Scale: An instructional assessment of interpersonal competence. Washington DC, USA: National Communication Association.
- Sweller, J. (1988). Cognitive load during problem solving: Effects on learning. Cognitive Science, 12(2), 257–285. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/0364-0213(88)90023-7
- Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2001). Using multivariate statistics. Boston, USA: Allyn and Bacon.
- Thistle, J. J., & Wilkinson, K. M. (2013). Working memory demands of aided augmentative and alternative communication for individuals with developmental disabilities. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 29(3), 235–245. doi:https://doi.org/10.3109/07434618.2013.815800
- Triandis, H. C. (1971). Attitude and attitude change. NJ, USA: John Wiley and Sons.
- Triandis, H. C., Adamopoulos, J., & Brinberg, D. (1984). Perspectives and issues in the study of attitudes. In R. L. Jones (Eds.), Attitudes and attitude change in special education: Theory and practice (pp. 21–40). Reston, VA, USA: Council for Exceptional Children.
- Wallace, S. E., & Hux, K. (2014). Effect of two layouts on high technology AAC navigation and content location by people with aphasia. Disability and Rehabilitation. Assistive Technology, 9(2), 173–182. doi:https://doi.org/10.3109/17483107.2013.799237.