Giving Voice to Experience: A Users' History of Augmentative and Alternative Communication

本论文将探讨个人和家庭的经验，增强和替代通信（AAC）和设计一个新的口述历史的方法，适应的特殊性AAC的声音。它将注意到周围的声音，语音，身份，技术和经验的未研究的历史。20口述历史的采访将进行AAC用户，第一次他们的同类，和另外10个家庭成员，朋友，或照顾者，整合语言科学的方法，以丰富我的分析。访谈录像将提供AAC声乐领域所缺乏的情绪状态数据。

This dissertation will investigate individual and family experiences of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and devise a new oral history methodology adapted to the specificity of AAC voices. It will give attention to the unstudied history surrounding voice, speech, identity, technology, and experience.20 oral history interviews will be undertaken with AAC users, the first of their kind, and a further 10 from family members, friends, or carers, integrating approaches from language sciences to enrich my analysis. Video recordings of interviews will provide data on emotional states, which are lacking in the AAC vocal domain.