✦ The Dispatch

How SLPs Can Use Communication Strategies to Improve Health Care Access

A dispatch from ASHA Voices — filed

How SLPs Can Use Communication Strategies to Improve Health Care Access
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SLP and health services researcher Jen Oshita provides strategies SLPs can share with people with communication disabilities to facilitate effective communication in health care. She discusses how communication access in health care interactions can contribute to health disparities, and she addresses barriers to care related to communication, such as rushed appointments with providers or the use of confusing medical...