Communication Barriers

Communication BarriersName:Institutional affiliation:Noise impediment to communicationNoise refers to interruptions in communication that affect message delivery. In the situation, in case 406, semantic noise impeded accurate delivery of message between supervisors Fleming and Simmons. Semantic noise is the kind of interruption that the speaker and the listener understand the message in different ways. The audience interprets the message differently from the intended one by the speaker. In such a case, the misunderstanding is the noise, which affects quality communication between two people. When Supervisor Fleming said that the room was ready, she meant that the patient was dead and that the room was free for another patient. However, she added that supervisor Simmons needed to take care of the room before informing the office. By “taking care,” she meant the removal of the body. However, Supervisor Simmons understood the word “ready” as saying that the room was empty for a new patient. She interpreted the word ready as meaning the room was ready for occupancy and called the office without checking the room herself. The scenario following the two different interpretations of the message indicates the noise in the communication that is responsible for the