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Editorial Chris Abbott Editor After our first themed issue, focusing on autism (Journal of Assistive Technologies (JAT), Volume 4 Issue 1, guest-edited by Sarah Parsons), we return this time to our usual wide-ranging set of articles, with three service delivery articles and three peer-reviewed papers from different disciplines dealing with voice output, dementia, technology-mediated learning, health and the use of a range of media. This eclectic group of articles is entirely representative of JAT’s aim to bring together practitioners from as wide a range of backgrounds as possible. This is certainly a multidisciplinary issue with lecturers, researchers, teachers, NHS trust employees, an occupational therapist and a further education (FE) tutor among our authors. We begin with a peer-reviewed paper dealing in some detail with the requirements that users and therapists have of VIVOCAs (voice input voice output communication aids). Rebecca Palmer, Pam Enderby and Mark Hawley from the University of Sheffield, collected views from users and speech and language therapists using questionnaires and during a series of focus groups. They then analysed the results by theme and used this analysis to draw up specifications that can be used by others. It is good to see the choice of format http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Assistive Technologies Pier Professional

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Abbott, Chris
Journal of Assistive Technologies , Volume 4 (2) – Jun 1, 2010
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Pier Professional
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Copyright © 2010 by Pier Professional Limited
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1754-9450
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2042-8723
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10.5042/jat.2010.0276
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Chris Abbott Editor After our first themed issue, focusing on autism (Journal of Assistive Technologies (JAT), Volume 4 Issue 1, guest-edited by Sarah Parsons), we return this time to our usual wide-ranging set of articles, with three service delivery articles and three peer-reviewed papers from different disciplines dealing with voice output, dementia, technology-mediated learning, health and the use of a range of media. This eclectic group of articles is entirely representative of JAT’s aim to bring together practitioners from as wide a range of backgrounds as possible. This is certainly a multidisciplinary issue with lecturers, researchers, teachers, NHS trust employees, an occupational therapist and a further education (FE) tutor among our authors. We begin with a peer-reviewed paper dealing in some detail with the requirements that users and therapists have of VIVOCAs (voice input voice output communication aids). Rebecca Palmer, Pam Enderby and Mark Hawley from the University of Sheffield, collected views from users and speech and language therapists using questionnaires and during a series of focus groups. They then analysed the results by theme and used this analysis to draw up specifications that can be used by others. It is good to see the choice of format

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Published: Jun 1, 2010

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