Effects of Aided Communication on Communicative Participation for People With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Many people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (PALS) experience speech changes, which may interfere with participation in communication situations. This study was designed to investigate the effects of aided communication on self-rated communicative participation among PALS and the relationship between speech function and communicative participation for PALS at various stages of speech impairment and communication aid use.

Method

Participants with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis completed an online questionnaire in which they identified their current communication methods, rated their speech function, and rated their communicative participation in various situations on a modified version of the Communicative Participation Item Bank short form. PALS who reported using

SUBMITTER: Peters B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10473367 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature