dysphagia assessment, Objective assessment, Singapore, Teaching

SHAS Special Interest Group Talk: Videofluoroscopy Interpretation Made Easy

Yoon Wai Lam

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I will be conducting a talk titled Videofluoroscopy (VFS) Interpretation Made Easy for Speech-Language & Hearing Association Singapore.

Date: 24 April 2015 (Thursday)

Time: 6.15pm – 8.30pm

Venue:

National University Hospital

Group Therapy Room, Main Building Level 1,

5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119074

About this talk:

This talk is a short introduction to Videofluoroscopy (VFS) interpretation and is suitable for both clinicians who are experienced or inexperienced in performing VFS. I will introduce pathophysiologies commonly viewed in VFS with the use visual examples. I will also share on how I analyze VFS systematically, and how to select suitable strategies to be trialed during the procedure accordingly to patient’s presentation.

Outline of the talk:

  • Short introduction about VFS
  • Pathophysiologies viewed in VFS
  • Esophageal phase screening
  • How to interpret VFS systematically rienced clinicians to share their experiences and views on VFS as well rienced clinicians to share their experiences and views on VFS as well.

Published by Yoon Wai Lam

Wai Lam is the director and founder of Speech Therapy Works LLP and Singapore Swallowing Specialists Network. He has close to 20 years of experience in adult speech, language and swallowing therapy. He is the inventor of the Chin Tuck Against Resistance (CTAR), a award winning swallowing therapy exercise that is currently practiced worldwide. He is a well known dysphagia trainer in the region and he has trained hundreds of speech therapists both locally and regionally. He is often consulted by speech therapists and other healthcare professionals for complex cases involving both speech and swallowing difficulties in Singapore and overseas. He is also a reviewer of the Dysphagia Journal.

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