Speaker techniques for improving communication

• Use mixed supplementation strategies (topic and alpha cues)

• Don’t shift topics abruptly

• Use turn-taking signals

• Get your listener’s attention

• Use complete sentences

• Use predictable types of sentences

• Use predictable wording

• Rephrase your message if listener(s) don’t understand

Yorkston, Beukelman, Strand, & Bell, 1999

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