You know those awkward moments where you can’t hear what someone is saying in a loud environment, so you just nod and agree to whatever they say? …hoping it makes sense to just nod and agree? As a medical SLP, odds are, you’ve worked with patients who have done this to you. Not because you’re providing therapy in a loud environment, but because they have receptive aphasia, or impaired auditory comprehension. While impaired speech and language is easy to pick up on, auditory comprehension is a whole different ballpark… Which is why we’re bring on our beloved aphasia & auditory comprehension MedSLP Collective mentor, Brett McCardel! Brett drops dozens of golden knowledge nuggets with us as he shares things like… What impaired auditory comprehension can look like (it really varies!) How auditory comprehension impacts quality of life The two ways we can classify auditory comprehension Assessment tools Treatment considerations And so much more!! If you serve people with aphasia at all, you won’t want to miss this episode! And if you want to dig EVEN DEEPER into your aphasia assessment and treatment skills, you might be interested in this month’s themed mission inside of the MedSLP Collective! We’re dedicating every resource, checklist, in-service, and webinar this month to aphasia - including aphasia in sign language!  Get the show notes here: https://syppodcast.com/341 Aphasia Therapy Approach (00:01:34) Changes in the Meta SLP Collective (00:02:50) Focus on New Resources (00:03:46) Implementation of Material (00:05:42) Diving into Auditory Comprehension (00:07:02) Understanding Auditory Comprehension (00:08:50) Challenges in Auditory Comprehension (00:10:05) Impact on Quality of Life (00:12:04) Classifying Auditory Comprehension Deficits (00:14:44) Assessment of Auditory Comprehension (00:15:35) Common Assessment Tasks (00:18:02) Auditory Processing Model Overview (00:19:13) Auditory Comprehension at Single Word Level (00:20:17) Treatment Approaches for Single Word Level (00:21:24) Research on Auditory Discrimination Skills (00:22:12) Awareness in Auditory Comprehension (00:23:46) Transition to Sentence Level Comprehension (00:25:24) Assessment Tools for Sentence Level (00:27:44) Treatment Strategies for Syntax and Morphology (00:29:21) Discourse Level Assessment (00:33:31) Compensatory Strategies for Discourse Level (00:35:52) AAC and Auditory Comprehension Support (00:36:54) Case Study on Auditory Comprehension (00:37:41) Understanding Auditory Comprehension (00:38:52) Life Participation Approach (00:39:51) Communication Environment Considerations (00:40:00) Functional Treatment Strategies (00:41:00) Holistic Aphasia Treatment (00:41:54)