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Nasopharyngeal Cancer Support Group Talk: How does NPC affect speech and swallowing?

20/05/201520/05/2015 Yoon Wai Lam

The Singapore Nasopharyngeal Cancer (NPC) Support Group will be organizing the above mentioned talk.

Date: 21/5/2015 (Thursday)

Venue: CareConnect, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

This talk is open to all NPC survivors / caregivers.

Speaker: Mr Yoon Wai Lam (Director of Speech Therapy Works, Part-time lecturer in the Master in Speech Pathology Programme, National University of Singapore)

Topic: How does NPC affect speech and swallowing? Can speech and swallowing function be maintained after radiotherapy?

Speech and swallowing difficulties can occur at the time when the diagnosis of NPC is made or it can also occur during and/or after treatment. In this talk, how speech and swallowing problem happen and its management will be discussed. Simple speech and swallowing exercises that may be useful to maintain speech and swallowing function would be demonstrated during the talk.

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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. View all posts by Yoon Wai Lam

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