paceboard
paceboard noun: a board marked with symbols, used to help a person with multiple sclerosis to time their speaking so as to be clearly intelligible. Also the obsolete form of pasteboard.
Noun
paceboard (plural paceboards)
- A board marked with symbols, used to help a person with multiple sclerosis to time their speaking so as to be clearly intelligible.
- 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.1982, Clinical Aphasiology: Proceedings of the Conference, page 141
- 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.2007, Randall T. Schapiro, Managing the Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, page 54
Also used as
paceboard is also the obsolete form of pasteboard.
Forms of paceboard
| plural | paceboards |
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Origin of paceboard
From pace + board.
Questions about paceboard
- What does paceboard mean?
- Paceboard means a board marked with symbols, used to help a person with multiple sclerosis to time their speaking so as to be clearly intelligible.
- What part of speech is paceboard?
- Paceboard is a noun.
- What is the plural of paceboard?
- The plural of paceboard is paceboards.
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