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[Dysphagia] Swallow bleeps UK
sounds like these devices are pretty simple yet easily adjusted too. Seems
to me the person may not even here the beep after a while. the other
concern i have is wouldn't it be hard to teach someone to swallow based on a
beep when they can not remember tp swallow on their own cognition in the
first place?
marc
>From: "Beecher, Robert" <RBeecher@chw.org>
>To: "Paula leslie" <Paula.Leslie@newcastle.ac.uk>, "Anita Slapin"
><swallow2@bellsouth.net>, "Dysphagia List" <dysphagia@b9.com>
>Subject: RE: [Dysphagia] Swallow bleeps UK
>Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:33:19 -0500
>
>There have been several of these devices developed over the years to remind
>people to swallow. We used one developed by the Hugh MacMillan Center in
>Canada that sounds very similar. It looked like a pager and could be set at
>a variety of intervals and you could select an audible or a vibrating
>alarm. We used it with a variety of our patients including children with
>cerebral palsy. We had only brief, short term success. We found that the
>children accommodated quite rapidly to the alarm regardless of the alarm
>used or whether we changed from one alarm to another. Also, school-aged
>children often refused to wear it at school because it called additional
>attention to them. Teachers were not fond of it either. I think that the
>teachers did not appreciate the disruption of the alarm going off at
>regular intervals
>and they accommodated less rapidly than the child wearing the device. I do
>not know how adults would respond, however, as our practice is limited to
>pediatric patients.
>
>Bob
>
>Robert Beecher, M.S., CCC-SLP
>Senior Speech/Language Pathologist
>Masters Family Speech and Hearing Center
>Saliva Control Clinic
>Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
>Milwaukee, WI
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: dysphagia-bounces@b9.com [mailto:dysphagia-bounces@b9.com] On
>Behalf Of Paula leslie
>Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:16 AM
>To: Anita Slapin; Dysphagia List
>Subject: RE: [Dysphagia] Swallow bleeps UK
>
>Sorry I just found them:
>
>+The swallow reminder is a simply brooch style device that reminds the user
>to
>swallow at regular intervals with a beep. The swallow Reminder is the
>result
>of an idea brought to Bath Institute of Medical Engineering by a local
>speech
>therapist who regularly uses them with her clients. The swallow Reminder is
>powered by an SR44 or equivalent watch style battery that will give 2
>months
>continuous use. The volume and interval of the beeps are adjustable with
>controls on the back of the Swallow Reminder. The time interval can be
>adjusted between 15 seconds and 2 minutes. Also included is a backing sheet
>and instruction manual.
>
>
>http://www.winslow-cat.com/cgi-bin/winslow.storefront
>
>We are thinking of trying this with a person who is concerned that they are
>swimming in secretions when to cut a very complex story short, we think
>they
>might just not be swallowing often enough, and it's a learned behaviour.
>So
>we want to try to unlearn it before trying anything else drastic.
>
>So yes kind of like biofeedback. I'd be interesetd to hear if anyone has
>used
>this thing!
>
>Paula
>
>
> >===== Original Message From "Anita Slapin" <swallow2@bellsouth.net> =====
> >Hi, What little button bleeps. I never heard of it . Sounds sort of
>like
> >biofeedback. Anita
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Paula leslie" <Paula.Leslie@newcastle.ac.uk>
> >To: "Dysphagia List" <dysphagia@b9.com>
> >Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 7:11 AM
> >Subject: [Dysphagia] Swallow bleeps UK
> >
> >
> >> Hello All
> >>
> >> Does anyone know who produces the little button bleeps that remind
>people
> >> to
> >> swallow?
> >>
> >> UK availability?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Paula
> >>
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