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  1. Accessible Literacy for Emerging Communicators: A Proposed Model and Case Application With Children on the Autism Spectrum

    Article • Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, November 2024, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Alyssa Boucher, Tim DeLuca, Christine Holyfield

  2. Exploring the use of Generative AI to Support Automated Just-in-Time Programming for Visual Scene Displays

    Article • October 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Christine Holyfield, Cynthia Zastudil

  3. Predictive Anchoring: A Novel Interaction to Support Contextualized Suggestions for Grid Displays

    Article • October 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Christine Holyfield, Cynthia Zastudil

  4. Leveraging Communication Partner Speech to Automate Augmented Input for Children on the Autism Spectrum Who Are Minimally Verbal: Prototype Development and Preliminary Efficacy Investigation

    Article • American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, January 2024, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Christine Holyfield

  5. Effect of Low-Tech Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention on Intentional Triadic Gaze as Alternative Access by School-Age Children With Multiple Disabilities

    Article • Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, July 2023, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Christine Holyfield

  6. Effects of an Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology Decoding Feature on Single-Word Reading by Individuals With Down Syndrome and Limited Functional Speech

    Article • American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, May 2023, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    David McNaughton, Christine Holyfield

  7. A Scoping Review of Research Evaluating Physiological Information for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities: Augmentative and Alternative Communication Research Considerations

    Article • Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, November 2022, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Christine Holyfield

  8. Comparative Effects of Picture Symbol With Paired Text and Text-Only Augmentative and Alternative Communication Representations on Communication From Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Article • American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, March 2021, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Christine Holyfield

  9. Comparative Effects of High-Tech Visual Scene Displays and Low-Tech Isolated Picture Symbols on Engagement From Students With Multiple Disabilities

    Article • Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, October 2019, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Christine Holyfield, Sydney Brooks

  10. Effect of AAC technology with dynamic text on the single-word recognition of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

    Article • International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    David McNaughton, Kathryn Drager, Christine Holyfield

  11. Effect of Video Embedded with Hotspots with Dynamic Text on Single-Word Recognition by Children with Multiple Disabilities

    Article • Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Christine Holyfield

  12. Effect of AAC partner training using video on peers’ interpretation of the behaviors of presymbolic middle-schoolers with multiple disabilities*

    Article • Augmentative and Alternative Communication, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Kathryn Drager, David McNaughton, Jessica Gormley, Christine Holyfield

  13. Effects of dynamic text in an AAC app on sight word reading for individuals with autism spectrum disorder

    Article • Augmentative and Alternative Communication, April 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Christine Holyfield

  14. Effect of mobile technology featuring visual scene displays and just-in-time programming on communication turns by preadolescent and adolescent beginning communicators

    Article • International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Christine Holyfield

  15. “What Have You Been Doing?”: Supporting Displaced Talk Through Augmentative and Alternative Communication Video Visual Scene Display Technology

    Article • Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, January 2018, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Christine Holyfield

  16. Systematic review of AAC intervention research for adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder

    Article • Augmentative and Alternative Communication, September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Jennifer MD Kremkow, Kathryn Drager, Christine Holyfield

  17. Typical Toddlers' Participation in “Just-in-Time” Programming of Vocabulary for Visual Scene Display Augmentative and Alternative Communication Apps on Mobile Technology: A Descriptive Study

    Article • American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, August 2017, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Kathryn Drager, Christine Holyfield

  18. Scoping review of interventions for children who require augmentative and alternative communication is limited by focus on randomized controlled trials

    Article • Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention, April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Christine Holyfield