Rehab for dysphagia
Tmum
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Hi i am looking for advice re any treatment program for dysphagia i need some rehab for my daughter. Who are the experts in this for children ? This dysphagia caused by stretching shock to cranial nerves follow operation. We have a SALT but only seeing monthly. Thanks for any advice
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Hi ya @Tmum welcome to the forum. I hope you find the support you need for your daughter, S.A. LT teams might be able to advise you, where to get help or see your daughters gp to get a referral or specialist.
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Hi Sandy
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Hi @Tmum
Once a month does seem to be very minimal in terms of rehabilitation. have you been given any kind of exercise regime to undertake with your daughter between visits? With Covid taking up funding and services, you may have to pay privately to increase the frequency of visits, unfortunately. The best centre that I know of is GOSH Dysphagia Centre for children. You can be referred by your G.P., your daughter will then be assessed by the team.Scope
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Hi @Richard_Scope thank you so much for the info. I did not know they had a dysphagia centre at GOSH . I will ask about it. Also will look into private speech and lang i have heatd of a electrical stimulation therapy but not sure if its available to children . Do you know any info about this does GOSH do it. ? Thanks
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Hi @Tmum
I haven't heard of electrical stimulation therapy for dysphagia. I would hope that the people at GOSH would know about it but I couldn't see it on their web page.Scope
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Hi @Richard_Scope I found about this therapy when on a call with a private SALT therapist there are 2 companies doing this both American one called Vital Stim the other AMPCARE its called NMES or TNMES I not sure if this only offered to adults though.
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