Factors that Influence Communication

Factors that Influence CommunicationThere are some(prenominal) ways of communication and the way we communicate is key factor of what we really are trying to put across. Factors that may influence our communication are eye contact, corpse quarrel (i.e. posture), tone of verbalize, gesture, and facial expression. Here are drills of how each of those would influence the way we communicate.Eye contact allows us to guess a nonher persons thought and feelings by unspoiled look at their eyes. For example if I was talking to someone and they were looking away Id shake the feeling that they are bored and not interested. Also if I was talking to someone and during the conversation I raised my eye it suggest that I am listening and excited or either shocked depending on the topic.Body actors line.Posture is part of our body language. For example if I was talking to a boy I liked Id be facing towards him and chatting, however if my body was not facing towards hom this suggest that I a m not really interested. Also if when sitting down chatting to a person if they are leaning prat this can send the message that they are either relaxed or bored, however if they are leaning forward this implies that they are interested.Tone of voiceOur tone of voice is really important when conversing. For example if you talk really fast and loud this may suggest that you are angry. However if you talk in a loath calm voice then this shows that you are rather being friendly.GestureGesture is the movement of the arm, progress to and head used to help us represent what a person is trying to say. For example when trying to communicate but speech is not possible deal use hand gestures. The common hand gestures are the peace mark (the index and middle flick raised and apart), okay gesture (closed fist held with the thumb extended upward) and the not okay (closed fist held with the thumb extended downward).Face ExpressionsOur face usually shows our emotional state. Our facial expr ession shows whether we are sad, angry, happy ,surprised scared etc. For instance, if someones facial expression was a big smile and wide eyes this may suggest that they are happy.P4 Explain strategies used in health and social care environments to reduce bars to efficacious communication and interpersonal interactions.M2 Review strategies used in health and social care environments to overcome hindrances to effective communication and interpersonal interactions.P4 There are many communication barriers. The message the sender is sending may not be understood by the receiver in the correct way and for that reason thither is a communication breakdown. There are the communication barriersDeafnessBlindnessDumb/MutenessLanguageSlangEnvironmentM2 I testament withal review the strengthens and weaknesses of the strategies used in health and social care environments to overcome barriers to effective communication and interpersonal interactions.BlindnessBlindness is the loss of sight/vi sion. To overcome the barrier of blindness, braille and speech can be used to communicate. Braille is a writing system used by blind people to be fitted to read, Braille characters are small rectangular blocks called cells that contain tiny palpable bumps called raised dots. For example in a care home, the lunch poster can be written in braille for a person who cant see the menu. Also another way to overcome this barrier is by either having a big print menu or spectacles for the client so that its clearer. In addition using language to describe things is a precise useful way to communicate to a blind person for example when meeting a blind person it is effective to make them sensitive that you are at that place and who you are and also what you may look like?The advantages of using braille is that braille allows the visually impaired to understand quicker and get things done easily and faster as well as allowing them to be more independent . The disadvantages are the not all vi sually impaired people know how to use braille also not all peoples fingers are sensitive enough to use it.I believe that braille is effective as it makes the visually impaired very independent and makes life a chance easier. I believe that braille could be more effective if it had been taught in schools to everyone not just the mainstream students. This will not only benefit the visually impaired but someone who is not visually impaired because in life if they do come across a blind person they will be able to still communicate with them.DeafnessDeafness is the loss of sound. To overcome the barrier of deafness sign language can be used to communicate. Sign language is using gesture and signs to communicate to a deaf person for example at a hospital a deaf patient can communicate with their affect using sign language .Another way to overcome the barrier of hearing disability are by using clear speech so that the person can lip-read, this will involve using a lot of eye contact be cause you would need to make your face visible for the person trying to lip-read. Also using technological aids to communicate is also very effective, these are facilities to help with communication for example hearing aids are small devices that goes behind ones ear which strengthen a persons hearing.The advantage of using sign language isThe disadvantage of using sign language is that light is always need, people cannot communicate with each other in the dark also not all hearing impaired people know sign languageDumb/mutenessDumb/Muteness is the inability of speech and is often associated or linked with deafness. However, the technological aid of text-to-speech can overcome this barrier .Text-to-speech is computerised equipment that allows a muted person to type what they want to say and then it will infer into speech form. Also makatons can be used to overcome this barrier. Makaton is a language programme for developing language using speech, signs and symbols. For example in a childcare centre Makaton is used a lot with pre-speech babies and toddlers like picture cards and gestures.Environment (Space. Noise. Location. )Space- The space between people is very important when communicating because little space between two can make a person uncomfortable .For example if .wanted to talk to..and the space between them was 1 finger away from each other and its someone you arent close to then the person may feel very uncomfortable and may not be listening probably or is not giving the right responses back or even too much of a distance can lead to misunderstanding. Noise- If there is a lot of background noise it will be harder for people to hear each other when communicating and mixed messages may be received.LanguageLanguage can become a barrier as the person you may be trying to communicate with may not be able to speak the same language so therefore the communication is received but not understood. However, to overcome this barrier interpreters/translator are people who will translate and forward your message to the person who you are trying to communicate with by talking to them in their language. For example if the doctor only spoke side but his patient would only be able to speak Turkish a Turkish interpreter would translate to her what the doctor is saying to her or if the doctor does know how to speak Turkish he should use his patients preferred language.SlangSlang is an informal way of speaking which consists of words and phrases that may not be found in the standard dictionary. Slang is mostly used by the younger generation within specific social groups and communities. It consists of words shortened as well as words such as piff which would mean good looking or sick which means cool/awesome. Jargon is quite quasi(prenominal) but it is not informal, it is technical terminology words and phrases used by particular professions. For example a doctor uses the scientific terminology for DNA which is deoxyribonucleic window pane rath er than DNA. To overcome this barrier it is best to avoid using slang and use the formal standardized English.