AAC Performance Report
       
Subject Number: 123 LAM data file: 010321_1_in_anon
DOB: 2 May 1977 (Age 23) Date of Report: 15-Mar-01
Language Representation Methods: (check all available) Location: Wooster, OH
_X_  SMP; _X_ SEM; _X_ WPR; _X_ SPE; _X_ OWS* Examiner: B. Romich
Selection technique: Keyboard Transcriber: K. Hill
AAC System: Unity 128 (12 mo.) on Pathfinder (5 mo.) Sample time: 57 minutes
Number of selections per letter in spelling: 1
Number of total array selections when spelling: 128
Language Sample Context (check)
___ Conversation (# Partners ___) ___ Natural Environment
_X*_ Interview ___ Other: ________________________
___ Narrative
___ Picture description * Conducted remotely via AOL Instant Messenger
Section 1:  Utterance-Based Summary Measures
A.  Total utterances 27
B.  Complete utterances (%) 100%
C.  Method of Generating Utterances (SNUG %) 100%
D.  Mean Length of Utterance in Words (MLU-w) 16.48
E.  Mean Length of Utterance in Morphemes (MLU-m) 18.30
F.  Average Communication Rate (words / minute) 11.75
G.  Peak Communication Rate (words / minute) 14.07
everything is remembered by myself and I/'m actually my Unity teacher
because I taught myself by play/ing around with it
Section 2:  Word-Based Summary Measures
H.  Total Number of Words 440
I.  Diffrerent Word Roots 175
J.  Core Vocabulary Use (%) 85%
* SMP = Single Meaning Pictures;  SEM = SEMantic Compaction
WPR = Word PRediction; SPE = SPElling; OWS = Orthographic Word Selection
 
K.  Method of Generating Words (%)
L.  Communication Rate by Language Representation Method (words / minute)
M.  Selection Rate (bits / second) 5.25
N.  Rate Index (words / bit) 0.037
O.  Errors per Selected Word (%) 2.3%
P.  Errors per Spelled and Predicted Word (%) 0%
Q.  Deletions per error (%) 0%
Section 3:  Appendices (attached)
R.  ___ LAM data U.  ___ Frequency order word list
S.  ___ Utterances V.  ___ Word list by method of generation
T.  ___ Alphabetic order word list W. ___ Text version report
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