Paceboard
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Paceboard is a noun meaning (medicine) A board marked with symbols, used to help a person with multiple sclerosis to time their speaking so as to be clearly intelligible.
Meaning
(medicine) A board marked with symbols, used to help a person with multiple sclerosis to time their speaking so as to be clearly intelligible.
More Meanings
- Obsolete form of pasteboard.
Example Sentences
However, because this method, as well as the actual paceboard itself, was too cumbersome, we moved to a less rigid method of rate control following one month of this technique.
A simple paceboard, consisting of a pattern of rectangles set next to each other, may slow the person's speech and allow for improved intelligibility. The person points to each square while uttering a single syllable.
Word Forms
- paceboards
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