OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Augmentative and Alternative Communication is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Moving beyond binary: shades of yes and no in embodied responses	21
Measuring impact of augmentative and alternative communication interventions: adapting the family impact of assistive technology scale for augmentative and alternative communication (FIATS-AAC-No) for	17
“It’s like a guessing game all the time”: parent insights on barriers, supports, and priorities for children with cortical visual impairment and complex communication needs	17
A comparison of differing organizational formats for teaching requesting skills to children with autism	17
Hearing stakeholder voices in the design of a non-electronic sepedi graphic symbol-based AAC resource	16
Common ground in AAC: how children who use AAC and teaching staff shape interaction in the multimodal classroom	15
Relationship between lexicon and grammar in children and youth who use augmentative and alternative communication	14
Effect of AAC intervention on communication within social routines from preschool-age emerging symbolic communicators with developmental disabilities	13
Advances in augmentative and alternative communication research for individuals with Autism spectrum disorder: moving research and practice forward	13
The effect of an educational program on the knowledge and attitudes of first responders about people with complex communication needs	13
Experiences of school-based professionals delivering AAC to bilingual students in the US: challenges and strategies	12
List of reviewers 2024	12
Beyond access: the intersecting role of AAC, literacy, and technology	12
“They aren’t waiting for an SLP, they think ‘what can I as a parent do now?’” course leaders’ perceptions of AAC interventions targeting parents	11
Aided Enhanced milieu teaching to develop symbolic and social communication skills in children with autism spectrum disorder	11
Effects of an asynchronous, online training program for caregivers of children with autism using augmentative and alternative communication	10
Parent perspectives on augmentative and alternative communication in Sri Lanka	10
“It’s caused our whole family to enjoy each other:” a family’s perspective on the impact of disability and AAC on the family system	8
Supporting effective alternative access for individuals with physical disabilities: state of the science, emerging technologies, and future research directions	8
Voice banking to support individuals who use speech-generating devices: development and evaluation of Singaporean-accented English synthetic voices and a Singapore Colloquial English recording invento	8
Representation of aided AAC in contemporary young adult fiction	8
Guessability of Indian picture symbols for communication (IPSC) and picture communication symbols (PCS) among Malayalam-speaking typical adults	8
Nothing about AAC users without AAC users: a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development, and professional training	8
Increasing linguistic and prelinguistic communication for social closeness during naturalistic AAC instruction with young children on the autism spectrum	7
Empowering Parents for AAC: a training and coaching intervention to support parents to implement a core board with fringe vocabulary with their children in New Zealand	7

How to select AAC: further evidence from children with autism spectrum disorder and complex communication needs	7
What terms should we use for AAC and the people who use it? Results from a terminology survey	6
Core vocabulary for AAC practice from Mandarin Chinese-speaking Taiwanese without disabilities	6
Nurse perspectives on supporting children and youth who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in the pediatric intensive care unit	6
Code-switching using aided AAC: toward an integrated theoretical framework	6
Augmentative and alternative communication services during the COVID-19 pandemic: impact on children, their families and service providers	6
Rethinking device abandonment: a capability approach focused model	6
Communication-related quality of life in adults with acquired neurological disorders who use augmentative and alternative communication: a scoping review of existing tools	6
Move to learn: considerations for providing upright, hands-free, self-initiated mobility to children with severe physical and communication disabilities	6
Teaching South African center-based caregivers to implement augmentative and alternative communication strategies	6
Social validity assessment of instructional approaches for parents of children who require augmentative and alternative communication: a scoping review	6
Unraveling time in communicative interactions involving children who use aided communication	6
The effect of aided language stimulation on the acquisition of receptive vocabulary in children with complex communication needs and severe intellectual disability: a comparison of two dosages	5
A Systematic review of AAC interventions using speech generating devices for autistic preschoolers	5
Something for everybody? Assessing the suitability of AAC systems for children using stated preference methods	5
Parent-implemented AAC verb symbol intervention with children with ASD	5
Development of an Arabic core vocabulary list for children utilizing augmentative and alternative communication	5
Malaysian speech-language pathology students’ reflections about their participation in an AAC training program	5
Frequency of word usage by Hebrew preschoolers: implications for AAC core vocabulary	5
Language comprehension assessment using the computer-based instrument for low motor language testing (C-BiLLT) in children with Angelman syndrome	5
Still having his say: David Yoder’s legacy in AAC	5
Using occupational therapy principles and practice to support independent message generation by individuals using AAC instead of facilitated communication	4
The prevalence of relational basic concepts on core vocabulary lists for AAC: is frequency enough?	4
The role of the body in SGD-mediated interactions	4
Lessons for the AAC field: a tribute to Dr. David Beukelman	4
The development of synthetic child speech in three South African languages	4
Emotional availability in mothers and their children with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 who require augmentative and alternative communication: a mixed-methods pilot study	4
What relationships exist between nouns and verbs and the use of prepositions, adverbs, and adjectives in children and adolescents who use speech generating devices?	4
Unveiling underlying systemic isolation challenges for AAC users	4
The effect of responsiveness to speech-generating device input on spoken language in children with autism spectrum disorder who are minimally verbal^†	4
A personal commentary about disability inclusion, and representation in research	4
A scoping review of AAC interventions for children and young adults with simultaneous visual and motor impairments: Clinical and research Implications	4
Discussing future AAC: technology, interactions and ownership	3
Designing augmentative and alternative communication systems with Aboriginal Australians: vocabulary representation, layout, and access	3
Frequency of Hebrew word usage by children with intellectual and developmental disabilities: implications for AAC core vocabulary	3
Facilitators and barriers to developing romantic and sexual relationships: lived experiences of people with complex communication needs	3
Preservice speech-language pathologists’ learning outcomes with speech-generating devices	3
Thank you to the 2023 Reviewers for Augmentative and Alternative Communication	3
Dismantling societal barriers that limit people who need or use AAC: lived experiences, key research findings, and future directions	3
Design of aided augmentative and alternative communication systems for children with vision impairment: psychoacoustic perspectives	3
A large-scale comparison of two voice synthesis techniques on intelligibility, naturalness, preferences, and attitudes toward voices banked by individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	3
Speech is exhausting	3
Designing AAC for use in social and community contexts: a scoping review	3
The effect of AAC training programs on professionals’ knowledge, skills and self-efficacy in AAC: a scoping review	3
A qualitative pilot study of adult AAC users’ experiences related to accessing and receiving mental health services	3
Is there a ‘universal’ core? Using semantic primes to select vocabulary across languages in AAC	2
The effect of non-verbal working memory on graphic symbol selection	2
Teletherapy, AAC & COVID-19: the experiences of speech language pathologists providing teletherapy during a global pandemic	2
Participant characteristics predicting communication outcomes in AAC implementation for individuals with ASD and IDD: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
The effects of symbol format and symbol placement on identification accuracy and activation time	2

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions that promote commenting: a systematic review	2
Embracing change in AAC technology: the keyboard to my success	2
Editorial: Recognition of excellence	2
Environmental factors contributing to using spelling in communication: Perceptions of literate aided communicators	2
Future of AAC technologies: priorities for inclusive innovation	2
“Take me seriously, talk to me, ask me questions, and listen when I speak”. An empirical analysis of experiences with AAC in young adults’ educational and social interactions	2
External challenges for individuals who need or use AAC who are learning language: lived experiences, key research findings, and future directions	2
Aided Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) interventions in India: A scoping review and quality appraisal	2
AAC and technology: what’s communication equity got to do with it?	2
Alternative ways to access AAC technologies	2
Effects of an AAC feature on decoding and encoding skills of adults with Down syndrome	2
Consideration of artificial intelligence applications for interpreting communicative movements by individuals with visual and/or motor disabilities	2
We need to take AAC out of the “too hard basket.” An exploration into the attitudes of Australian speech language pathologists toward AAC	2
Parental perceptions of social life before and after attending a parent training program for children with complex communication needs: the ComAlong example	2
A comparison of three modes of online key word sign training to determine efficacy and acceptability in comparison to in-person key word sign training	2