Aphasia and high-tech communication support: a survey of SLPs in USA and India.

There is a considerable difference in the educational and clinical practice of AAC as SLPs in the US tend to have more clinical AAC experience with a stronger network for device dissemination in comparison to SLPs in India leading to higher usage of high-tech AAC for aphasia rehabilitation in a developed country.Implications for RehabilitationFor the SLPs,Improve exposure to programming AAC devices in developed countries and increase coursework, clinical training and exposure to programming AAC devices in developing countries.Enhance awareness about integrating high-tech AAC devices in intervention programs.Improve efficiency by minimizing the time in message creation on high-tech AAC device in developed countries. For the bioengineers,Develop AAC application interfaces in regional languages for easier usage in developing countries.