How Communication Disorders Affect Healthcare with Hilary Sample

Communication disorders can have far-reaching consequences in healthcare.

Guest: Hilary Sample, MA, CCC-SLP

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In this episode of Brainstorms, host Renee Garrett, MSEd, CCC-SLP, CBIS, is joined by Hilary Sample, MA, CCC-SLP, to examine how conditions such as aphasia, dysarthria, apraxia of speech, and cognitive-communication disorders can create barriers to receiving high-quality medical care. Together, they discuss why effective communication is critical to healthcare and what clinicians across settings need to know.

About the Guest: Hilary Sample, MA, CCC-SLP, is a medical speech-language pathologist and co-founder of MedConcerns. Drawing on her experience in acute care and inpatient rehabilitation, she partnered with a physician to develop practical tools that help healthcare teams communicate more effectively with patients who have aphasia and other communication disorders.

Show Notes:

Hilary Contact: @medconcerns @hilarysampleslp

MedConcerns: https://medconcerns.com/

References:

• Kagan et al. (2024). Journal of Communication Disorders, 107, 106390
• Bartlett, Blais, Tamblyn, Clermont & MacGibbon (2008). CMAJ, 178(12), 1555–1562
• Hurtig, Alper & Berkowitz (2018). Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 3(12), 99–112
• Freeman-Sanderson, Morris & Elkins (2019). Australian Critical Care, 32(5), 373–377Shand, Foster, Baker & O'Halloran (2024). International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
• Simmons-Mackie et al. (2010, 2016) systematic reviews on communication partner training (CPT)

Clarification:

Bartlett et al. (2008) found that among patients who experienced preventable adverse events, 46% of those with communication problems experienced multiple events, compared with 20% of those without communication problems.