Augmentive and Alternative Communication - your experiences please

[Dankhl]

I’d really appreciate your experiences on how you are communicating as a caregiver with a patient who cannot speak.

We were introduced to 3 forms -

1. basic printed flip sheets with phrases

2. Using a intermediary device - eg push that replicates a mouse to select and generate speech

3. Tobii eye gaze

There are so many models out there as well as permutations in combining the software and hardware

It’s been exhausting just with the caregiving - and I’m not tech savvy but my husband likes to play simple games eg sudoko and I’m not sure which set up allows for communication and games

He can’t talk and has very little movements that can be erratic

If anyone can recommend what they’ve been using with some success - software and hardware - I’d be so ever grateful

Many thanks in advance

[KERRINGTON]

You should start by getting in touch with his doctors and tell them you want a speech therapist to make home visits to work with your husband and help teach, choose and test out various augmentative devices, as well as work on ways to help him communicate. Good luck......

[Dankhl in reply to KERRINGTON]

Yes - thank you for the good advice

I was trying to just find out a bit more before the appointment in a months time comes along

Best regards