COMMUNICATION AIDS AND

STRATEGIES USING TOOLS

OF TECHNOLOGY
“WHAT IS A
COMMUNICATION
AID?” Communication aids are also referred to AAC
A communication aid devices. AAC refers to Augmentative and Alternative
Communication, which Communication matters
helps an individual define as,
to communicate … a huge range of techniques which support or
replace spoken communication. These include gesture,
more effectively with signing, symbols, word boards, communication boards
people around them. and books, as well as Voice Output Communication
Aids (VOCAs).

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 Two main types of AAC
system:

Unaided Aided
communication uses
communication doe
equipment – this can
s not use additional range from low-
equipment. People tech to hi-tech methods
typically use body and often uses pictures
language, gesture, and symbols instead of,
vocalization or or together with words.
signing. 3
What Are
Communication
Strategies?
Communication strategies
are the blueprints for how
this information will be
exchanged.
Types of Communication Strategies

1. Verbal communication strategies can be

broken down into the two categories of written
and oral communication.
2. Nonverbal communication strategies consist of
mostly visual cues, such as body language, facial
expressions, physical distance between communicators,
or the tone of your voice.
Types of Communication Strategies

3. Visual communication strategies can be

seen through signs, web pages, and
illustrations.
Using Tools of Technology
Multimedia is content that uses a combination of
different content forms such as text, audio, images,
animations, video and interactive content

A transparency, also known variously as a view foil, foil, or

view graph, is a thin sheet of transparent flexible material,
typically cellulose acetate, onto which figures can be drawn.
Using Tools of Technology
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying,
playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media.

Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical, mechanical,

electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves,
such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound
effects.
Four Distinct Type of Communication

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Human to Human Communication
Human Machine to Communication
Machine to Machine Communication
Graphic Communication

Electronic

Communication

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