Communication Barriers Can Affect Every Stage of Care Clear communication is fundamental to safe, effective healthcare. Yet many patients with hearing loss still encounter barriers when scheduling appointments, discussing treatment options, participating in telehealth visits, and navigating fast-paced clinical environments....
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No actionable clinical change; this is an opinion/advocacy piece highlighting systemic communication barriers, not a study with practice-changing findings.
As telehealth expands and patient communication requirements grow, audiologists and clinic operators need to consider whether their workflows are accessible to patients with hearing loss.
- 01Patients with hearing loss face communication barriers at multiple healthcare touchpoints: scheduling, treatment discussions, and telehealth.
- 02Real-time captioning technology is presented as a potential solution to bridge these gaps.
- 03The article questions whether healthcare infrastructure is keeping pace with available captioning tools.
- 04Telehealth growth has both expanded access and introduced new communication challenges for deaf and hard-of-hearing patients.
- 05No original research or outcome data is cited to support claims about captioning effectiveness.
Captioning technology can address communication barriers for patients with hearing loss in healthcare scheduling, treatment discussions, and telehealth visits.
opinionpartially supportedHealthcare settings have not kept pace with advances in captioning technology.
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