{"id":280,"date":"2010-12-01T12:14:27","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T12:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=280"},"modified":"2015-06-12T16:15:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T15:15:41","slug":"1-how-to-support-communication-difficulties-after-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=280","title":{"rendered":"Communication &#8211; How do we communicate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5301\" title=\"some forms of communication: computer, text message and writing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/forms_of_communication.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/forms_of_communication.jpg 313w, https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/forms_of_communication-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most people think about speech when they think about communication but there are many other ways we can also use to communicate\u00a0with each other.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facial expressions<\/li>\n<li>Gestures<\/li>\n<li>Pointing \/ Using hands<\/li>\n<li>Writing<\/li>\n<li>Drawing<\/li>\n<li>Using equipment e.g. Text message or computer<\/li>\n<li>Touch<\/li>\n<li>Eye contact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For communication to be effective we also have to be able to understand what others are trying to communicate to us.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding language<\/li>\n<li>Hearing<\/li>\n<li>Ability to see<\/li>\n<li>Reading skills<\/li>\n<li>Ability to recognise and use information<\/li>\n<li>Memory to recall and understand information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people think about speech when they think about communication but there are many other ways we can also use to communicate\u00a0with each other. Facial expressions Gestures Pointing \/ Using hands Writing Drawing Using equipment e.g. Text message or computer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=280\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-practical-communication","tag-communication"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6187,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions\/6187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}