Paths to functional communication of children with developmental anarthria - case reports

Abstract

We introduce the application of alternative and augmentative communication aids in children with combined disabilities and symptomatic speech disorders. We will briefly introduce and compare alternative routes of communication in two boys with developmental anarthria. The first case study is devoted to a child with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, the second to a boy with a developmental disorder of the central nervous system. Our goal is to map the avenues for functional communication and the development of a child unable to speak.

Keywords

• lesch-nyhan syndrome
• symptomatic speech disorder
• anarthria
• corpus callosum
• communication book
• grid 2
• tobii pceye go