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A patient can sit across from a clinician and still feel uneasy. Sometimes the unease isn’t about the conversation itself, it’s about what might be overheard in the hall. Even in a well-run practice with respectful staff, sound carries through drywall gaps, door undercuts, shared ventilation plenums, and the hard surfaces that bounce voices around.