A scoping review of interventions to supplement spoken communication for children with limited speech or language skills

Maria Antonella Costantino; Maurizio Bonati

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090744

A scoping review of interventions to supplement spoken communication for children with limited speech or language skills

Maria Antonella Costantino, Maurizio Bonati

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Background: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is used for treating children with severe disorders of speech-language production and/or comprehension. Various strategies are used, but research and debate on their efficacy have remained limited to a specific area and have rarely reached the general medical community. Objective: To systematically evaluate outcomes of AAC interventions in children with limited speech or language skills. Methods: Searches were conducted (up to December 2012) in the MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, DARE, and Cochrane Library databases. Furthermore, relevant journals were searched by hand. References from identified studies were examined. Only RCTs were considered. Trial quality was assessed according to a standardized and validated set of criteria. Results: Fourteen of 1661 retrieved papers met inclusion criteria. A total of 666 children were included in the review and 7 papers involved only children

Original language	English
Article number	e90744
Journal	PLoS One
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090744
Publication status	Published - Mar 13 2014

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