Communication access is a patient safety issue

Summary: When the Speech Expert Gets Silenced By Life Support

First scene: A female speech-language pathologist in a hospital bed on a ventilator and ECMO life support, looking panicked while doctors talk past her. A thought bubble shows her teaching deaf and blind students, highlighting the irony of a communication expert losing her own voice.

Second scene: A medical worker hands her a torn piece of cardboard from a tissue box and a pen. The patient looks at the cardboard with a mix of deep relief and dark humor.

Third scene: The woman, fully recovered and glowing, holds up a tiny purple speaking valve like a magical gemstone while packing a vacation suitcase with her husband and daughter.

A torn tissue box shouldn't be your primary medical device.

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