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Speech and Language

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This chapter introduces speech and language from a clinical speech and language therapy perspective. It describes key challenges that can impact speech and language with a focus on the needs of individuals with aphasia, an acquired language disorder. The specific impact that aphasia may have upon Web accessibility is discussed with reference to existing work which illuminates what we currently do and do not know about speech, language and Web accessibility. The authors provide guidance for accommodating the needs of users with aphasia within the design of Web interactions and propose future directions for development and research.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    https://www.asha.org/About/news/Quick-Facts/.

  2. 2.

    https://www.aphasia.org/aphasia-faqs/.

  3. 3.

    https://www.stroke.org.uk/what-is-stroke/what-is-aphasia/aphasia-and-its-effects.

  4. 4.

    https://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/language_speech.htm.

  5. 5.

    A poster of these dos and don’ts can be downloaded from blogs.city.ac.uk/inca/outputs. The format is based on the gov.uk accessibility poster set available via https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/02/dos-and-donts-on-designing-for-accessibility/.

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  1. Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design & Division of Language and Communication Science, City, University of London, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, UK

    Abi Roper

  2. Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design, City, University of London, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, UK

    Stephanie Wilson & Timothy Neate

  3. Division of Language and Communication Science, City, University of London, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, UK

    Jane Marshall

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Roper, A., Wilson, S., Neate, T., Marshall, J. (2019). Speech and Language. In: Yesilada, Y., Harper, S. (eds) Web Accessibility. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7440-0_7

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