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Written by Gabi Constantinescu

Gabi is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Alberta. She is also the CPO for True Angle. Her doctoral work directly influenced the design and development of the Mobili-T®, a mobile therapy system for swallowing exercise.

May 8, 2020

Twenty years ago, Jana Rieger, CEO of True Angle Medical Technologies, started a clinical research program at the Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to understand how treatment for head and neck cancer affected function.

“We learned very quickly that many patients had swallowing difficulties after their treatment. We also saw how devastating it was for patients to live with a swallowing disorder.”

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