"… it's very hard to understand him because he has facial palsy, he has some mobility in his hands but this is quite limited… he's awake, he's distressed, he wants to speak, to communicate and there many impediments to communication… we've got some cards with the most common things that might happen to them, if they are in pain, if they want to change position, if they want to know something.
As she got older, she struggled with some of the aspects that come with an autism diagnosis, like a speech impediment, communication challenges, sensitivity to sounds and other sensory sensitivities.
But it represents an impediment to communication which had to be solved, as well as an impediment to transport.
Effective antiviral barriers are impediments to communication.
CSPs' lack of knowledge about the needs of Aboriginal people with cancer and Aboriginal patients' limited understanding of the Western medical system were identified as the two major impediments to communication.
Despite their availability, however, these opportunities are often limited or inaccessible due to pre-existing worldviews of the parties involved, the quality of their relationships and communication and other structural impediments.
Such diffuse propagation may cause the inter-symbol-interference (ISI), which is a primary impediment to communication at high speeds[5, 6].
Both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal CSPs perceived Aboriginal people's lack of understanding about cancer and the medical system as a major impediment to communication.
Given that the global reach of technology has all but obliterated geographic impediments to interpersonal communication, it's not surprising that millennials consider the whole country (or even the whole world) to be their own personal dating pool.
So despite annoying everyone and being an impediment to effective communication, the office-speaking meme became associated with power and efficiency and money in much the same way that a long tail became associated with attractiveness in birds of paradise.
