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Impact of Sound and Music on Communication Throughout the Liifespan

Full video interview with Garrett Oyama MS, CCC-SLP and Guest: Renee Garrett MSEd, CCC-SLP, CBIS for Impact of Sound and Music on Communication Throughout the Lifespan an episode of the Beyond Words podcast. Hosted by: SpeechTherapyPD Earn 0.1 ASHA CEU for this episode with Speech Therapy PD: https://www.speechtherapypd.com/cours... In this episode of Beyond Words, host Garrett Oyama, MS, CCC-SLP, sits down with Renee Garrett, MSEd, CCC-SLP, CBIS, host of Brainstorms, for a thoughtful, clinician-centered conversation about how sound and music shape communication and brain health across the lifespan. They talk about something we experience every day but rarely stop to think about: how the brain makes sense of sound. Drawing from neuroscience, audiology, music cognition, and clinical research, Renee and Garrett unpack how listening is an active, dynamic process involving sensory input, movement, emotion, attention, and reward. Sound is never just background. It is constantly shaping how we think, feel, and communicate. The conversation also connects directly to clinical reality. They explore how factors like chronic noise exposure, age-related changes in hearing and listening, concussion, and traumatic brain injury can quietly influence communication and participation. Along the way, they reflect on what this means for assessment, therapy environments, and the listening demands we place on the people we support. This episode invites you to listen more intentionally and to consider how sound and music can either support or interfere with communication. It is a reflective, practical conversation that encourages clinicians to think differently about listening, brain health, and meaningful communication throughout the lifespan. About the Host: Garrett is a speech-language pathologist, musician, and research coordinator in clinics and schools within California for the past 8 years. After graduating from Emerson College in 2014, he has also worked in developing educational technology, written articles for several speech therapy-related magazines, and given presentations on various language topics at school districts, along with the ASHA Conference in 2018 and 2022. About the Guest: Renee Garrett, MSEd, CCC-SLP, CBIS, is a speech-language pathologist and certified brain injury specialist from Hampton Roads, Virginia. She earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in speech-language pathology from Old Dominion University. Renee has worked in a variety of medical settings, providing care to adults across the lifespan with dysphagia, cognitive-communication disorders, and other neurologically based conditions. She has a particular interest in cognitive retraining following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and is passionate about educating patients, families, and caregivers on the impacts of dysphagia and cognitive disorders. She holds certification from the Brain Injury Association of America and is actively involved in professional service. Renee has served the Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia (SHAV) in multiple leadership roles, including as president, and currently serves as secretary for the Communication Disorders Foundation of Virginia. In recognition of her contributions to the field, she was honored with the 2023 Darden Fellow Award from Old Dominion University.