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Professional Publications
What do Clinicians want from an sEMG web portal?
Summary In this study, we asked S-LPs working with dysphagia patients in various facilities to tell us what they would like to see in a clinician web portal that would allow remote monitoring and management of patients completing dysphagia exercises at home with...
Adherence to Home-Based Swallowing Therapy
In this article, we sent patients home with our Minimum Viable Product (MVP) of Mobili-T. We were interested in what adherence to home-based dysphagia exercise was when using a mobile health system that also provides biofeedback. We found that adherence over a 6 week...
Usability Testing of a mHealth System for Swallowing Therapy in Patients Following Stroke
In this study, we wanted to see if patients with a history of stroke could use the Mobili-T system. The study methods are similar to those previously used in our earlier usability study with patients with a history of head and neck cancer. We found that, depending on...
Patient Stories
Do Swallowing Exercises Work?
How one SLP used the Mobili-T® system to restore her patient’s swallow and quality of life What would you do if you had a patient with a 30 year history of dysphagia due to a congenital neuromuscular disorder? This was what one of our Mobili-T clinicians found on her...
Mobili-T Patient Story: How Amal took control of her health after head and neck cancer
Read this inspiring Mobili-T patient story to learn how Amal managed her swallowing problems after experiencing head and neck cancer.
Dysphagia and Challenges with Oral Health
We’ve all been there before: you're sitting at the dentist's and can sense the burning question about to be asked, “So, how often do you floss?”. You’ve likely joked or even lied about your flossing habits at one point in your life. I admit I’m one of those people,...
Dysphagia
Do Swallowing Exercises Work?
How one SLP used the Mobili-T® system to restore her patient’s swallow and quality of life What would you do if you had a patient with a 30 year history of dysphagia due to a congenital neuromuscular disorder? This was what one of our Mobili-T clinicians found on her...
Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) and Dysphagia Therapy
How SLPs can leverage technology for better patient outcomes and better business You may be hearing buzz from your OT and PT colleagues about how they are able to use Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) codes. RTM codes were created in 2022 to give therapists (OTs,...
Mobili-T Patient Story: How Amal took control of her health after head and neck cancer
Read this inspiring Mobili-T patient story to learn how Amal managed her swallowing problems after experiencing head and neck cancer.
News
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...