“Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is an area of clinical practice that supplements or compensates for impairments in speech-language production and/or comprehension, including spoken and written modes of communication. AAC falls under the broader umbrella of assistive technology, or the use of any equipment, tool, or strategy to improve functional daily living in individuals with disabilities or limitations.
AAC uses a variety of techniques and tools to help the individual express thoughts, wants and needs, feelings, and ideas, including the following:
- manual signs
- gestures
- finger spelling
- tangible objects
- line drawings
- picture communication boards and letter boards
- speech-generating devices
AAC is augmentative when used to supplement existing speech, alternative when used in place of speech that is absent or not functional, or temporary as when used by patients postoperatively in intensive care (Elsahar et al., 2019).”
The notion of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) provides an intriguing look at communication beyond standard voice and writing. AAC refers to a variety of strategies and instruments for assisting people who have difficulty producing or comprehending speech. This field, which falls under assistive technology, investigates various approaches such as manual signs, gestures, and speech-generating technologies to enable the communication of thoughts, wants, and emotions. AAC is classified as an augmentative or alternative mode of communication, depending on whether it enriches current speech or replaces absent or non-functional speech. In the framework of my project, Speak, AAC invites reflection on the core of communication, notably how to transmit emotions without relying primarily on words..
https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/professional-issues/augmentative-and-alternative-communication/
“According to Mehrabian, when a person communicates feelings, the three elements of the message—words, tone of voice, and facial expression—contribute differently to how much others like the person. Specifically, words account for 7%, tone of voice for 38%, and facial expression for 55% of the liking.”
https://www.mindtools.com/ao9kek8/mehrabians-communication-model
whether I could communicate emotion in a different way
whether an audience could feel and understand without the need for words and by how much/little.
“ In this sense, each of our utterances of spoken language carries not only its own message but also, through accent, tone of voice and habitual voice quality it is at the same time an audible declaration of our membership of particular social regional groups, of our individual physical and psychological identity, and of our momentary mood.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3361774/