The Brainy Speech Therapist Podcast The Brainy Speech Therapists Podcast
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We are the Brainy Speech Therapists, two speech therapists here to talk about everything related to brain injury.
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S4 Ep 3 Eating, drinking, and swallowing changes after brain injury
Jan and Helen discuss their experiences of managing eating, drinking, and swallowing changes in their brain injury caseload. We also chat about guidance available in managing EDAR- eating and drinking with acknowledged risk.
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S4 Ep2 Journal article: predictors of aspiration pneumonia
Jan and Helen discuss a recent article focused on identifying factors significant in predicting aspiration pneumonia. The article by Ball, Meteyard and Powell can be accessed at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00405-023-08153-z (institution login required).
We also discuss the relevance of the paper in light of RCSLT's position paper on the use of thickened fluids. Listen to the authors of the position paper discuss it in detail here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5q183zJ8iXMbx3jI9LDVnf -
Ep 1, S 4: My Story - Matt Barker
Matt Barker talks with Jan McIntosh-Brown about his life with a brain injury.
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S3 Ep11 Article discussion: communication partner training
Jan and Helen discuss an article exploring communication partner training for healthcare staff in a subacute setting. Read the full article:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02699052.2022.2158224 -
S3 Ep10 Prolonged disorders of consciousness
Jan and Helen discuss the topic of prolonged disorders of consciousness. We talk about how this diagnosis can be made, the role of speech and language therapy, and supporting families. Resources: RCP guidelines https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/guidelines-policy/prolonged-disorders-consciousness-following-sudden-onset-brain-injury-national-clinical-guidelines
SLT guidelines https://www.rhn.org.uk/content/uploads/2016/04/SLT-DOC-guidelines-RCSLT-version-Jan-2020.pdf
RHN PDoC Toolkit https://www.rhn.org.uk/research/putney-prolonged-disorder-of-consciousness-toolkit/
RHN open lecture on Biozoon https://youtu.be/cVRpzGYCHNc?si=fQcK85hwcu_aZ1mC -
S3, Ep9: My brain injury: Guido Corvi
In this episode hosted by Jan McIntosh-Brown we hear Guido Corvi talking about his injury and his life beyond this.