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

本论文将调查个人和家庭的增强型和替代性交流（AAC）经验，并设计一种新的口述历史方法，以适应增强型和替代性交流声音的特殊性。它将关注围绕声音、言语、身份、技术和经验的未研究历史。将对AAC使用者进行20次口述历史访谈，这是此类访谈的第一次，另外10次访谈来自家庭成员、朋友或照顾者，整合语言科学的方法来丰富我的分析。采访的视频记录将提供情绪状态的数据，这在AAC的声音领域是缺乏的。

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.