There are two types of aided systems basic and high tech.
Augmentative and alternative communication devices for dogs.
Augmentative and alternative communication aac devices are cheaper more user friendly and more readily available than ever.
Speech language pathologist christina hunger decided to combine her love for her catahoula and blue heeler mix and her passion for augmentative and alternative communication aac devices by.
We all use aac when we make facial expressions or gestures use symbols or pictures or write.
Watch read and follow along on this exciting journey of teaching my dog to talk.
These are all forms of augmentative and alternative communication or aac.
No longer relegated to the restrictive domain of uber expensive and hard to use medical hardware today s aac technology is designed for anybody to be able to use.
These devices are often used with non verbal children who can press one of thousands of icons representing different words to express what they re thinking.
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Hunger for words is for anyone interested in dogs speech therapy augmentative and alternative communication aac animal psychology or new ideas.
This is a community generated site dedicated to helping people teach learners to communicate using sound board augmentative and alternative communication aac devices.
A pen and paper is a basic aided system.
Each button corresponds with a word and can be represented with a label or image.
Alexis devine has gotten a rare look into the mind of her puppy bunny by using augmentative and alternative communication devices.
So hunger started looking for one but for her dog stella.
An aided system uses some sort of tool or device.
These augmentative and alternative communication aac boards feature a series of buttons.
Augmentative and alternative communication aac includes all forms of communication other than oral speech that are used to express thoughts needs wants and ideas.
It is inspired by the work of christina hunger who demonstrated that it was possible to teach dogs to use a sound board to express their thoughts and needs.
Hunger 26 taught her 18 month old dog to use a special version of an augmentative and alternative communication aac system.