Health Professional Education

Urgently required reviewers to screen title and abstract for the study titled " Parental and Professional Barriers to AAC Implementation in India: A Scoping Review with U.S. Comparison"

Skills / interests: Statistical analysis, Data analysis and organisation, Data extraction

Methodological skills / interests: Rapid reviews

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) can transform outcomes for children with communication disabilities, yet implementation remains poor in India. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) often lack training and delay AAC introduction, while parents fear screen time addiction and that AAC will prevent natural speech Maingi, B., Akkunje, P. S., & Karuppali, S. (2025) . These barriers differ markedly from those reported in the United States.

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The ideal candidate is a methodologically rigorous reviewer with proven experience in Rayyan, capable of full-text screening (i might need help in extracting the full-text articles), data extraction, statistical analysis and risk of bias.

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