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Fibre‐optic nasopharyngoscopy of velopharyngeal function by speech/language therapists
Author(s) -
SELL DEBBIE
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-6984.1995.tb01682.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , psychology , velopharyngeal insufficiency , presentation (obstetrics) , medical education , speech language pathology , audiology , medicine , physical therapy , surgery , paleontology , biology
Increasingly, speech and language therapists are faced with the possibility of learning and undertaking invasive procedures on their patients. The author has undertaken fibre‐optic nasopharyngoscopy of velopharyngeal function for over five years and has performed endoscopy on more than 500 patients, many of whom are paediatric. This practice is controversial, raising practical, ethical and medical issues. Some of the issues which will be discussed include training, anaesthesia, patients' medical history, technique, evaluation, precautions, and attitudes of clients, carers and fellow professionals. This presentation aims to examine these issues in the context of the model of practice at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children NHS Trust.