Communication Aids for Disabled
"Communication Aids for Disabled" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Equipment that provides mentally or physically disabled persons with a means of communication. The aids include display boards, typewriters, cathode ray tubes, computers, and speech synthesizers. The output of such aids includes written words, artificial speech, language signs, Morse code, and pictures.
| Descriptor ID |
D003143
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.796.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Text Telecommunication Devices- Text Telecommunication Devices
- Telecommunication Device, Text
- Telecommunication Devices, Text
- Text Telecommunication Device
- TTY Telephone
- TTY Telephones
- Text Telephone
- Text Telephones
Speech Synthesizers- Speech Synthesizers
- Speech Synthesizer
- Synthesizer, Speech
- Synthesizers, Speech
Text Telecommunication- Text Telecommunication
- Telecommunication, Text
- Telecommunications, Text
- Text Telecommunications
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Communication Aids for Disabled" by people in Profiles.
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Knowledge and experiences with augmentative and alternative communication by paediatric nurses: a pilot study. Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. 2021 08; 16(6):567-579.
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Evaluation of a Novel Communication Application From Nurses' Perspectives. Comput Inform Nurs. 2017 Jun; 35(6):300-306.
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Communication Needs of Critical Care Patients Who Are Voiceless. Comput Inform Nurs. 2016 Aug; 34(8):339-44.
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Evaluation of Speak for Myself with Patients Who Are Voiceless. Rehabil Nurs. 2015 Jul-Aug; 40(4):235-42.
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Family involvement with communication-impaired residents in long-term care settings. Appl Nurs Res. 1991 May; 4(2):77-84.