| Communication Support for People with ALS. | |
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PMID: 21603029 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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Almost all people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) experience a motor speech disorder, such as dysarthria, as the disease progresses. At some point, 80 to 95% of people with ALS are unable to meet their daily communication needs using natural speech. Unfortunately, once intelligibility begins to decrease, speech performance often deteriorates so rapidly that there is little time to implement an appropriate augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) intervention; therefore, appropriate timing of referral for AAC assessment and intervention continues to be a most important clinical decision-making issue. AAC acceptance and use have increased considerably during the past decade. Many people use AAC until within a few weeks of their deaths. |
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David Beukelman; Susan Fager; Amy Nordness |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2011-04-14 |
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Title: Neurology research international Volume: 2011 ISSN: 2090-1860 ISO Abbreviation: Neurol Res Int Publication Date: 2011 |
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Created Date: 2011-05-23 Completed Date: 2011-07-14 Revised Date: 2011-07-28 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101543314 Medline TA: Neurol Res Int Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 714693 Citation Subset: - |
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Institute for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital and University of Nebraska, 202 Barkley Memorial Center, P.O. Box 830732, Lincoln, NE 68583-0732, USA. |
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