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Communication Devices for People with Disabilities MeSH Descriptor Data 2026
Equipment that provides mentally or physically disabled persons with a means of communication. The aids include display boards, computers, and speech synthesizers. The output of such aids includes written words, artificial speech, language signs, Morse code, and pictures.
Entry Term(s)
Augmentative and Alternative Communications Systems
Equipment that provides mentally or physically disabled persons with a means of communication. The aids include display boards, computers, and speech synthesizers. The output of such aids includes written words, artificial speech, language signs, Morse code, and pictures.