Meet Mr Sin 😊
Mr Sin is a man of many hats - a father, a chef, a smoking cessation advocate, and an oesophageal speech trainer at New Voice Club. In June 2015, he was told he had only 6 months left to live due to a cancer in his throat, unless he went through a surgery to remove his voice box. Today - 8 years later - he continues to inspire others going through similar experiences, speaking with his oesophagus (food pipe).
The New Voice Club is a support group for people with head and neck cancer. Some members have had their vocal cords removed and have lost their voices completely. The club aims to help members discover their new voices, with or without speech devices. It also provides emotional support to members and their families. Speech practice sessions conducted by its members have enabled many to regain their confidence in communicating with others. To find out more about the support group, please email [email protected] or calling 6499 9138.
#laryngectomy #headandneckcancer #esophagealspeech #cancersurvivor #laryngealcancer #communication #voicetherapy
#SLT #speechtherapy #speechpathology #speechtherapist #speechies #sgspeechies #speechtherapists #speechlanguagetherapy
June is a big month for us Speech Therapists. It’s Aphasia AND Dysphagia awareness month! 🎊
#Aphasia 🗣️👂✍️ 📖
Aphasia is a language disorder that affects a person’s ability to communicate. Individuals with aphasia may have difficulties understanding language, speaking, reading, and/or writing. It is often acquired as a result of brain damage.
#Dysphagia 🍽️🥤👄
Dysphagia refers to difficulties with swallowing. Individuals with dysphagia may experience challenges in eating and drinking, possibly affecting their mealtime experiences as well as their nutritional intake. Difficulties may be experienced in the mouth, throat, and/or food pipe (esophagus).
Meet Stuti! 👋 Stuti runs a page sharing her journey after a brain haemorrhage in May 2018. She had to re-learn how to use the right side of her body, as well as learn to speak and eat again. She hopes to inspire others with her strength and perseverance. This will be her #341 post in her documented journey! ☺️
This month, let’s raise awareness of Dysphagia and Aphasia as well as their impacts on daily life. Together, we can advocate for better understanding and support. 📢 ❤️
#DysphagiaAwarenessMonth #AphasiaAwarenessMonth
#swallowing #swallow #communication
#SLT #speechtherapy #speechpathology #speechtherapist #speechies #sgspeechies #speechtherapists #speechlanguagetherapy
May is #ApraxiaAwareness Month. Apraxia of Speech affects the coordination of speech muscles, making it difficult to produce clear and accurate sounds. It can be acquired (e.g. through stroke) or during a child’s language learning process (i.e. childhood apraxia of speech).
To end this month off, we are featuring Reena, our bubbly friend! Reena would like to share her journey with Childhood Apraxia of Speech with everyone. 💙🗣️ You can check her works out at @evolstudiosg 🎨
#ApraxiaofSpeech #SLT #Apraxia
Speech Therapy Week 2022 is coming to an end - but the connections we make, as Speech Therapists, will continue….
#saltssingapore #STWeek2022 #ConnectionandSTs
**Speech therapy Week** is here!
We’re celebrating the ‘ Connections’ we make as speech therapists everyday - with clients, caregivers and co workers/peers to share our knowledge and grow as professionals!
We CONNECT FOR those who have swallowing or communication difficulties so that they can connect with life’s big and small moments. Moments like sharing a meal together, and communicating with loved ones. COVID showed us that we can and must connect even over distance. So what better way to commemorate our profession than to celebrate connection and connect with all our stakeholders including you.
#saltssingapore #STWeek2022 #ConnectionandSTs
SALTS wishes you a happy Eid Al-Adha!
#saltssg #singapore #eidmubarak
Aaaaaand, we’re back!
Come read our Editors’ note from the newly-launched SALTS Insider, and find out what you can look forward to seeing on Insider.
Get inside at https://salts.org.sg/salts-insider/
Posted @withregram • @dysphagiadude Thank you Dr. Ianessa Humbert for inspiring me and educating me on this post! Valleculae aggregation freaks people out sometimes, but is it really all that concerning? Check out the video and comment below!
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Freshly graduated 👩🎓👨🎓or keen to find out about how life as a speechie has been? SpeechieBites is hosting several young SLPs who will share about their experiences working with children and adult in acute to community settings.
Sign up using the QR code to secure your zoom spot!
Like, share and tag your friends to stand a chance to win 1 of 5 mystery gift from SALTS!
Do send us a screenshot of your shared story if you have a private instagram profile.
SALTS Annual General Meeting 2021 is TODAY!
Click on the link below to join us on Gathertown on 3rd December at 7pm!
Mingle with SALTS members and join the games to win a stethoscope, throat scopes, website subscriptions and more.
Giveaway details to be shared during the AGM. See you there!
https://gather.town/app/5sUTBobMqsC5Kg8M/SALTS%20AGM%202021
#sgspeechies
SALTS Annual General Meeting 2021 is back!
Click on the link below to join us on Gathertown on 3rd December at 7pm!
Mingle with SALTS members and join the games to win a stethoscope, throat scopes, website subscriptions and more.
Giveaway details to be shared during the AGM. See you there!
https://gather.town/invite?token=A7vmXEnSLAgs1zjgP15c0GTfeBfZO7vn
#sgspeechies
Join us online at the SALTS Annual General Meeting on 3rd December at 7pm! Mingle with other SALTS members and stand to win a stethoscope, throat scope or gift card. Mark your calendars today! #sgspeechies
As yet another ST week draws to an end, a big thank you to everyone who participated in our workshop and word search puzzle. We had amazing tags to fun activities across Singapore as well!
Let us continue to celebrate the profession! Stay safe and stay resilient!
#sgspeechies #speechtherapyweek
Join SALTS today! Send your nominations (name, position, contact details) to [email protected]. Hurry, applications close on 1 Dec 2021. #sgspeechies
It's Speech Therapy Week and we're so heartened to hear this special message from SIT's Speech and Langauge Therapy Year 1 students.
At Speech And Language Therapy Singapore, we have had so much fun connecting speech therapists with our speech therapy students in Singapore and abroad. We look forward to having more regular virtual hangouts with students and practicing speech therapists next year! Watch this space!
Singapore Institute of Technology #sgspeechies
< Job alert! >
NTUC First Campus is looking for a speech and language therapist to join them!
#Admin
Hear from their Senior Speech & Language Therapist, Shamiah, as she shares the difference between the two roles of English Teacher and Speech & Language Therapist (SLT), and what the scope of an SLT entails.
Check out the job listing here: https://salts.org.sg/jobs/%e2%80%8bntuc-first-campus-co-operative-limited/
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What is DLD?
"The most common childhood condition you've never heard of..." - RADLD
We asked our friends if they have heard of DLD and this is what they said...
https://youtu.be/kW8JP_V4Nck (video below)
Take an online quiz to find out more at: https://radld.org/about/dld/dld-quiz/
Stay tuned on our page for our next post, and join us as we celebrate DLD day in Singapore on the 15th of October, 2021 ~
Congratulations to the new A-Team who will take SALTS to greater heights!
ps: Behind the scenes, we do have fun too!