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FB Presentation Video and Handouts: Speech, swallowing and hearing difficulties in nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) before, during and after radiotherapy. Why and how to manage ok?

Yoon Wai Lam

Speech Therapy Works and Singapore Swallowing Specialists collaborated with 20dB Hearing Sdn Bhd, Malaysia to present this interesting topic Live on Facebook on 22 July 2020 at 8.00pm (SGT).

We had audiences from all around the world. Great questions were asked during the presentation. Feedback on the live presentation has been good.

Speech Therapy Works and Singapore Swallowing Specialists will organize more Live Facebook presentation in future. Topic would include speech, language and swallowing difficulties for stroke / dementia / neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson’s disease and etc. Do follow our blog or Facebook to receive notification on the future Facebook Live presentation.

We are happy to announce that the president from the OneHeart Support Group (A Nasopharyngeal Cancer support group in Singapore) has opened their support to individuals or cancer survivors especially the NPC survivors. OneHeart Support Group will provide emotional and psychological support. For those interested to seek support from OneHeart, please contact Dave at +65 9101 8223. We will include a copy of OneHeart Support group brochure in this post once we receive it.

Please see attached for the handouts for this presentation.

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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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