Communication Aids for Disabled

Equipment that provides mentally or physically disabled persons with a means of communication. The aids include display boards, typewriters, cathode ray tubes, computers, and speech synthesizers. The output of such aids includes written words, artificial speech, language signs, Morse code, and pictures.

Year introduced: 1993

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Tree Number(s): E07.796.250

MeSH Unique ID: D003143

Entry Terms:

• Communication Aids for Handicapped
• Communication Boards
• Communication Board
• Speech Synthesizers
• Speech Synthesizer
• Synthesizer, Speech
• Synthesizers, Speech
• Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf
• TDD
• Text Telecommunication Devices
• Telecommunication Devices, Text
• Telecommunication Device, Text
• Text Telecommunication Device
• Text Telephone
• Text Telephones
• TTY Telephone
• TTY Telephones
• Text Telecommunication
• Telecommunications, Text
• Telecommunication, Text
• Text Telecommunications
• Augmentative and Alternative Communications Systems

Previous Indexing:

• Communication (1966-1979)
• Nonverbal Communication (1970-1979)

See Also:

• Speech Recognition Software

All MeSH Categories
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Equipment and Supplies
Self-Help Devices
Communication Aids for Disabled