paceboard

plural paceboards

1. medicineA 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

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   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

1. obsoleteuncountableObsolete form of pasteboard.