Development and evaluation of a speech-generating AAC mobile app for   minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder in Mainland   China

doi:10.1186/s13229-017-0165-5

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	Development and evaluation of a speech-generating AAC mobile app for minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder in Mainland China
	An, Sainan ; Feng, Xiaoping ; Dai, Yue ; Bo, Hongli ; Wang, Xiuqing ; Li, Mu ; Woo, John Zhuohao ; Liang, Xingmei ; Guo, Cheng ; Liu, Charles Xingchao ; Wei, Liping
刊名	MOLECULAR AUTISM
	2017
关键词	Augmentative and alternative communication App Development Training effectiveness Mainland China EXCHANGE COMMUNICATION-SYSTEM REQUESTING SKILLS DEVICE PECS INTERVENTIONS METAANALYSIS ACQUISITION ASD INDIVIDUALS TRIAL
DOI	10.1186/s13229-017-0165-5
英文摘要	Background: Mobile touchscreen devices are currently being used as speech-generating devices (SGDs) and have been shown to promote the communication skills, particularly the requesting skills of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who have limited spoken language. However, no augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) mobile app has been developed and evaluated in the Chinese language in Mainland China. Methods: We developed an AAC mobile app, which is the first in Mainland China, to our knowledge, named Yuudee (Chinese name (xiaoyudi)). Yuudee was developed using the Objective-C and Java programming languages. A five-phase training protocol for making requests using Yuudee was developed based on the Picture Exchange Communication System. We trained ten minimally verbal children with ASD to make requests using Yuudee and evaluated the effectiveness of the training. Results: Yuudee has a built-in library of over 400 pictures with corresponding spoken phrases that are divided into 39 categories ranging from making simple requests to expressing emotions. An additional important feature of Yuudee is its customization functions that allow a parent or trainer to easily select pictures and phrases to display, create new pictures and phrases, and change the layouts and orders of the pictures to fit the personal needs of each child. Yuudee is freely available in an iOS version from the iTunes App Store (https://itunes.apple.com/cn/app/xiao-yu-di/id794832934?mt=8) and in an Android version from Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.supersuperstar.yuudee.vue) and domestic Chinese Android App stores. Three consecutive unprompted successful responses, which were defined as an initial training success, were achieved in at least three of the five phases for all ten of the evaluated children. The accuracy rate of a given phase was calculated for each child who achieved three consecutive unprompted successful responses in the phase. Seven children achieved at least 50% accuracy in at least two of the five phases. The other three children achieved at least 50% accuracy in only one phase. Two children achieved at least 50% accuracy in all of the phases in which they were trained. Conclusions: Our data suggest that Yuudee is a useful tool for helping minimally verbal children with ASD make requests.; Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission [Z131100006813046]; SCI(E); SSCI; ARTICLE; 8
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/468934]
专题	生命科学学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	An, Sainan,Feng, Xiaoping,Dai, Yue,et al. Development and evaluation of a speech-generating AAC mobile app for minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder in Mainland China[J]. MOLECULAR AUTISM,2017.
APA	An, Sainan.,Feng, Xiaoping.,Dai, Yue.,Bo, Hongli.,Wang, Xiuqing.,...&Wei, Liping.(2017).Development and evaluation of a speech-generating AAC mobile app for minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder in Mainland China.MOLECULAR AUTISM.
MLA	An, Sainan,et al."Development and evaluation of a speech-generating AAC mobile app for minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder in Mainland China".MOLECULAR AUTISM (2017).