Many blind and partially sighted people lose the ability to see gestures and facial expressions, which are important parts of communication. It becomes difficult for them to know when someone is speaking to them or even when the other person has wailed away. Written communication can be difficult for a person with low vision. Sometimes a larger font is needed, a different coloured paper for colour contrasting or the information on a disk or tape. Communication by text or e-mail can be accessed by having speech programmes installed on a computer or mobile telephone.
People who care for dementia sufferers may find that as the illness progresses they will have to start discussions to get the person to make conversation. This is common. Their ability to process information gets progressively weaker and their responses can become delayed. Impaired depth perception, loss of vision, loss of colour vision, loss of contrast sensitivity and hallucinations are all problems that may be associated with dementia. As a carer non-verbal communication will become important, body language, facial expressions, gestures, eye contact and tone of voice will have to be taken into account when communicating with a sufferer.
Physical and mental health factors need to be taken into account when communicating with someone with dementia, they may also be hard of hearing, or have limited eyesight. they may be feeling depressed, angry or scared with what is happening to them, or lack of understanding of where they are and what you are trying to communicate. time needs to be taken when communicating with someone with dementia, speak slowly, in simple language and avoid the use of slang. use props or items such as a cup, to show them what you mean if they don't understand you, take into account your body language ensuring that you seem open, friendly and someone to trust. it is also important to understand their body language, they may not want to talk to you, or perhaps not happy with the way you look, if they don't respond well to you, or seem scared/frightened/angry with you,
Perkins (1983, 1990, 1996) has discussed the possibility that “loss of control” is a key aspect in defining stuttering and that a “disfluency” becomes a stutterer when the child experiences lack of control. (Gregory, 2003) The development of stuttering differs from every person who stutters just the same as there are
Common problems are lack of eye contact, poor attention, being able to point objects to others, and difficulty with the 'give and take' in normal conversation. Some speak only single words, while others repeat a mimicked phrase over and over The body language of people with autism can be difficult for other people to understand. Facial expressions, movements, and gestures may be easily understood by some other people with autism, but do not match those used by other people. Also, their tone of voice has a much more subtle inflection in reflecting their feelings, and the auditory system of a person without autism often cannot sense the fluctuations. 1.2 Identify problems that individuals with an autistic spectrum condition may havein social interaction and relantionships Communication difficulties may contribute to autistic people becoming socially anxious or depressed or prone to self-injurious behaviours.
In the words of Dewey,[32] “Cluttering is an undiscovered country of speech pathology”. However, Reichel[8] stated that frustration about their own deficits or other’s deficits in understanding what they say, low self-esteem, feelings of incompetence, anxiety, anger, confusion, lack of hope about successful treatment, and low motivation can all be experienced in different combinations by different
Summary In this chapter, the author is proving the importance of communication with students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Communication is very challenging and may be frustrating for both the hearing impaired and/or the communicator; therefore, it is significant for educators and the public to be apprehensive about the communication approaches of each classification of hearing loss. There are three types of hearing loss: conductive hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss, and central auditory dysfunction. Conductive hearing loss occurs when there is a problem conducting sound waves through the outer ear. Sensorineural hearing loss is caused by problems with the auditory nerve or central processing centres of the brain.
People who are also only partially impaired may have large materials created for them. People with speech difficulties cannot effectively respond to anything you may tell them, this may make it difficult for the persons social and everyday life. They may have a stutter which they find frustrating and embarrassing. Ways of overcoming speech difficulties could be things such as speech therapy with a speech and language therapist. Speech generating devices (SGD’s) can also be a strategy of overcoming speech difficulties, for example, Stephen Hawking a very famous physicist, uses an SGD.
This means that they may end up unwell. 1.3 Explain why it is important to observe an individual’s reactions when communicating with them This is important because, looking at someone’s body language and facial expressions can tell us a lot when we are communicating with them. Should they show themselves in a negative way we then know that they are unhappy and we need to find out the reasons why, If someone is verbally unable to communicate, their reactions tell us if they are pain or discomfort. Most communication done with an individual is done through their body language. Outcome 3- Be able to reduce barriers to communication 3.1 Identify barriers to communication • English not being a first language • None verbal communication
2.1 Explain why it is important to find out an individual’s communication and language needs, wishes and preferences. Some people have communication difficulties, people with Autism, dementia or people who are physically unable to speak. In order to support individuals with communication difficulties their needs, need to be understood of the difficulties they face. It is really important to recognize that people are individuals. The way you communicate with mrs a will be different from the way you communicate with Mrs B.