What devices can help people with ALS communicate more clearly?

What devices can help people with ALS communicate more clearly?

Your care team can help you find the right assistive device or devices. Options include:

• Amplification can increase your volume and decrease voice fatigue.
• Low technology devices include notebooks and language boards. They can help you communicate without speaking.
• High technology devices include electronic speech enhancers and communication devices. These computers come with voice synthesizers to help you speak.
• A palatal lift is like a dental retainer. It lifts your soft palate and stops air from escaping out of your nose while you’re speaking.
• TTY telephone relay system is a telephone with a keyboard. You type what you want to say, and a relay operator reads it to the listener. You can type the entire message. Or you can just type the words that the listener doesn’t understand.