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Achieving success in swallowing disorders
Tips for succeeding in your exercise program With the holiday season and the start of a new year around the corner, many minds turn to New Year’s resolutions. Exercise and healthy habits are a common theme when people are asked about what goals they will set out to...
Mary’s Journey with Mobili-T
Meet Mary – she is a dedicated private practice SLP in Florida, with a deep passion for her work. Mary started her career as a medical speech- language pathologist in acute care, and then in 2009 she took the leap to lead her own practice, Voice Aerobics, LLC. This...
Living well with dysphagia: Building a support network
If you have been living with dysphagia, you are all too familiar with the challenges it brings to everyday life. One important aspect of improving and maintaining your well-being, is ensuring you have the right types and an adequate amount of support. Recognizing and...
Patient Stories
Speaking Up about Swallowing Disorders
A Journey into Self-Advocacy Dysphagia (swallowing disorders) are among the many “invisible disabilities” that surround us. Research supports that the general population has very little awareness of dysphagia [1]. This leaves the burden on those with dysphagia to...
“I can actually eat a burger now!”
Mobile health technology shows promising results for patients with head and neck cancer. This past Thanksgiving, Leslie O’Connor-Parsons enjoyed a full meal with turkey and stuffing for the first time in five years. Thanks to Mobili-T®, the first mobile home-based...
A First-Head Experience With Mobili-T®
Ted Power, a head and neck cancer survivor, discusses his personal experience with Mobili-T® clinical trial after undergoing tongue surgery. View Article
Dysphagia
Achieving success in swallowing disorders
Tips for succeeding in your exercise program With the holiday season and the start of a new year around the corner, many minds turn to New Year’s resolutions. Exercise and healthy habits are a common theme when people are asked about what goals they will set out to...
Living well with dysphagia: Building a support network
If you have been living with dysphagia, you are all too familiar with the challenges it brings to everyday life. One important aspect of improving and maintaining your well-being, is ensuring you have the right types and an adequate amount of support. Recognizing and...
The swallowing assessment: what to expect
You’re having trouble eating and your family doctor referred you for a swallowing assessment. You book an appointment and make your way to the hospital. There, you’re greeted by a speech-language pathologist or an S-LP. This article describes what to expect when you...
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A look at the top health innovations in Edmonton for 2019
Su-Ling Goh takes a look at the top health innovations in Edmonton for 2019. True Angle Medical feature starts at 1:45.
The Globe and Mail – Health & Fitness
Researchers say new technology helps some patients with neck and tongue cancer relearn how to swallow food Lesley O’Connor-Parsons expected never to eat solid foods again. But after participating in the six-week trial of a new mobile technology aimed at helping...
CBC – Radio Canada ICI Alberta
Un nouvel appareil portable permet aux dysphagiques de réapprendre à avaler des solides. Une équipe de chercheurs de l'Université de l'Alberta a mis au point une technologie qui pourrait redonner aux patients atteints de dysphagie la capacité de manger des aliments...