Augmentative & Alternative Communication

Imagine not being able to speak. You have things you want to say, but no way to verbalize your thoughts. This was the situation Miguel Garcia Vazquez, 22, was in following a brain injury. Therapists introduced Miguel to an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) device, the Tobii Dynavox I-Series. An AAC device is a computer with specialized software that allows the person to select pre-programmed words and phrases or letters on an on-screen keyboard; the computer speaks these responses once they are selected. *** Craig Hospital in Denver, Colorado, is a world-renowned rehabilitation hospital that exclusively specializes in the neuro-rehabilitation and research of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and brain injury (BI). Craig is a not-for-profit, free-standing, national center of excellence that has treated more than 31,000 patients with SCI and BI since 1956: https://craighospital.org/