High-technology augmentative communication for adults with post-stroke aphasia: a systematic review

@article{Russo2017HightechnologyAC,
  title={High-technology augmentative communication for adults with post-stroke aphasia: a systematic review},
  author={Mar{\'i}a Julieta Russo and V. D. Prodan and Natalia Nerina Meda and Lucila Carcavallo and Anibal Muracioli and Liliana Sabe and Lucas Bonamico and Ricardo Francisco Allegri and Lisandro Emilio Olmos},
  journal={Expert Review of Medical Devices},
  year={2017},
  volume={14},
  pages={355 - 370}
}
ABSTRACT Introduction: Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems were introduced into clinical practice by therapists to help compensate for persistent language deficits in people with aphasia. Although, there is currently a push towards an increased focus on compensatory approaches in an attempt to maximize communication function for social interaction, available studies including AAC systems, especially technologically advanced communication tools and systems, known as ‘high… Expand
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