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Level 4 Pureed Diets and Where to Begin
Dysphagia and level 4 pureed diets - “Now what?” You have been recommended a level 4 pureed diet by your speech-language pathologist (S-LP) and may be thinking, “Now what? What is that?”. Level 4 pureed diets are typically recommended by S-LPs to individuals with...
Busting Myths on Dysphagia
Dysphagia: A Disorder Understood by Few Up to 22% of adults over the age of 50 live with dysphagia or swallowing problems, and yet, this swallowing disorder largely remains a mystery to the general public. A recent survey found that, among participants who were not...
Difficulty Swallowing is Called Dysphagia…
...but “it should be called: “I can't effing swallow.” Surgery saved Ted Power’s life from throat cancer, but a mobile swallowing exercise system gave him his life back. “Well, Mr. Power, I’ve got some bad news. You’ve got cancer,” the doctor said. “Hmm,”...
Patient Stories
“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
The Vital Beat – Head and neck cancer patients test made-in-Edmonton Mobili-T®
Thanks to new mobile technology, Scott Ellis and Leslie O'Connor-Parsons are finding it easier to swallow more than soup and soft food. Scott, 63, says he's not coughing as much when he eats. And Leslie, 59, says she's looking forward to expanding her diet. "It is...
Dysphagia
Level 4 Pureed Diets and Where to Begin
Dysphagia and level 4 pureed diets - “Now what?” You have been recommended a level 4 pureed diet by your speech-language pathologist (S-LP) and may be thinking, “Now what? What is that?”. Level 4 pureed diets are typically recommended by S-LPs to individuals with...
Busting Myths on Dysphagia
Dysphagia: A Disorder Understood by Few Up to 22% of adults over the age of 50 live with dysphagia or swallowing problems, and yet, this swallowing disorder largely remains a mystery to the general public. A recent survey found that, among participants who were not...
Difficulty Swallowing is Called Dysphagia…
...but “it should be called: “I can't effing swallow.” Surgery saved Ted Power’s life from throat cancer, but a mobile swallowing exercise system gave him his life back. “Well, Mr. Power, I’ve got some bad news. You’ve got cancer,” the doctor said. “Hmm,”...
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CTV News Edmonton
New wireless device to help patients with head and neck cancer swallow. Patients with neck and head cancer who have difficulty swallowing will now be able to eat solid foods at home with the help of a new mobile device.
Health Matters: Feb. 4
In Monday’s edition of Health Matters, Su-Ling Goh looks at a device designed by an Alberta research team to help head and neck cancer survivors and tells us about a spin challenge to raise awareness about cancer. View video
U of A Faculty of Engineering – A Hard Act to Swallow
A new medical device envisioned by a faculty member of the University of Alberta Faculty of Rehab Medicine and developed with the help of a UAlberta Engineering graduate promises to improve the lives of patients with trouble swallowing, a condition known as dysphagia....