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    Strategies for effective communication after stroke or brain injury for both survivors and communication partners: - For survivors, take time speaking at your own pace, practice conversations in quiet environments, and slowly add more partners as confidence increases. When speaking to new people, say you are a survivor and ask them to be patient. - For partners, make sure to have the survivor's attention before speaking, keep your voice at a normal level unless told otherwise, simplify language but maintain an adult tone, minimize background noise, give survivors time to respond without finishing their sentences, and confirm understanding through yes/no questions and nonverbal cues. Both should know recovery is possible with time.

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    Strategies for effective communication after stroke or brain injury for both survivors and communication partners: - For survivors, take time speaking at your own pace, practice conversations in quiet environments, and slowly add more partners as confidence increases. When speaking to new people, say you are a survivor and ask them to be patient. - For partners, make sure to have the survivor's attention before speaking, keep your voice at a normal level unless told otherwise, simplify language but maintain an adult tone, minimize background noise, give survivors time to respond without finishing their sentences, and confirm understanding through yes/no questions and nonverbal cues. Both should know recovery is possible with time.

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    Strategies for effective communication after stroke or brain injury for both survivors and communication partners: - For survivors, take time speaking at your own pace, practice conversations in quiet environments, and slowly add more partners as confidence increases. When speaking to new people, say you are a survivor and ask them to be patient. - For partners, make sure to have the survivor's attention before speaking, keep your voice at a normal level unless told otherwise, simplify language but maintain an adult tone, minimize background noise, give survivors time to respond without finishing their sentences, and confirm understanding through yes/no questions and nonverbal cues. Both should know recovery is possible with time.

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    Strategies for

    communicating
    after stroke or brain injury

    IF YOU ARE A SURVIVOR OF STROKE IF YOU ARE SPEAKING TO A SURVIVOR


    OR BRAIN INJURY OF STROKE OR BRAIN INJURY

    1 Take your time speaking. Go at your pace 1 Make sure you have the person’s
    regardless of what anyone else says. attention before you start to speak.

    2 Practice conversation first in a quiet, 2 Keep your voice at a normal level, unless
    distraction-free environment. the person indicates otherwise.

    3 As you become more confident, slowly add 3 Reduce communication complexity but
    more conversational partners. Try familiar be adult. Simplify sentence structure and
    places like church or neighborhood groups. reduce rate of speech. Don't talk down.

    4 When talking to a new person, say “I’m 4 Minimize background noise (like TV,
    a survivor of (stroke or TBI). Please be music, other people.)
    patient. Can you understand me?”

    5 If someone speaks too fast to you, 5 Give them time to speak. Resist the urge
    ask or gesture for them to slow down. to finish sentences or offer words.

    6 No matter what anyone says, science 6 Confirm that you are communicating
    has shown it’s possible to keep successfully by using "yes" & "no" questions.
    recovering! Don’t give up! Use facial expressions and/or pictures.

    CONTACT US: constanttherapy.com T 1-888-233-1399 E support@constanttherapy.com TLC_MM1044, Rev 3

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