About The Book
A practical text on the implementation of Augmentative and Alternative Communication/Assistive Technology in hospital venues, AAC/AT in Acute Care Settings, reviews the more traditional use of AAC and expands it into the acute and critical care arenas.
It is a “how to handbook” filled with protocols, realistic solutions for implementation across hospital units and rich case examples that provide validation of the efficacy of AAC with the acute care population. This text is an ideal resource for speech-language pathologist considering expanding their hospital practice to include patients who experience temporary or permanent loss of oral language due to trauma, neurological changes or surgical interventions.
About The Authors
Richard Hurtig is Professor and Starch Faculty Fellow at the University of Iowa, where he joined the faculty in 1976. In addition to his appointment in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, he serves on the faculty of both the Neuroscience and Foreign Language Acquisition Research and Education doctoral programs. He earned a B.A. in English and M.A. in Linguistics from New York University and an M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Psychology from Columbia University. He served as department chair from 1996 to 2005 and continues to direct the universitys American Sign Language program. He has been actively involved with the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders and served as president for the 2005-2006 academic year. He directs the Psychology of Language and the Assistive Devices laboratories and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Psycholinguistics, as well as a course on Designing Assistive Devices. His research interests lie in the areas of speech perception and cognitive neuroscience as well as the development of assistive technologies. His research is currently funded by a grant from the Institute of Education Sciences, a division of the U.S. Department of Education.
Debora A. Downey, MA, CCC-SLP is doctoral candidate at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, in the department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Downey received her MA in Speech Pathology from University of Northern Colorado in 1986. She is the facilitator of the Augmentative/Alternative Communication Service at the Center for Disabilities and Development, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. She has worked with both pediatric and adult AAC users with a wide range of communication disabilities. Downey has extensive experience in teaching about augmentative/alternative communication to speech-language pathology trainees as well as individuals in related professions. She has been a frequent presenter on the topic of augmentative/alternative communication practice at national conferences and has published in a variety of academic journals.
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