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Comprehensive Analysis and Treatment of Swallowing Disorders, from Mouth to Stomach.
449 Swan Street, Richmond VIC 3121 Australia 🇦🇺
📞1300 952 808

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🌟 Celebrating Swallowing Awareness Day 2025! 🌟
Shout out to the unsung heroes of safe swallowing - the epiglottis and vallecula! 💪✨
The epiglottis is a clever leaf-shaped cartilage that flips over to cover your airway when you swallow. The vallecula is a pocket that lies in waiting to capture anything spilling over the tongue base before you’re ready to swallow. Think of it as nature’s built-in anti-choking protection system. 🛡️💖
Here’s our little cupcake swallow challenge to celebrate all things swallowing. 🧁 It’s a shame we’ve eaten them all before the big day!
#SwallowingAwarenessDay2025 #nasendoscopy #fees #swallowingdisorders #msacacademy #laryngology #dysphagia

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Nature’s built-in anti-choking protection system. #swallowingawareness2026 #msacacademy #swallowingdisorders #nasendoscopy #fees #laryngology #dysphagia #feescupcakechallenge

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| New Long Covid Guidance & Patient Handbook for SLTs 🗣️🧠 |

This information is written by speech and language therapists (SLTs) and is a guide for individuals, and their carers/families, living with the aftereffects of COVID-19 infection. It was developed and ensured that it linked in with the work done by WHO.

https://www.rcslt.org/speech-and-language-therapy/clinical-information/long-covid-overview/

SLTs are experts in treating disorders of communication (speech, language, voice and cognition), swallowing and upper airway conditions. When COVID-19 emerged, SLTs worked in intensive care units helping people with these disorders following critical illness. SLTs support people in outpatient and community care who require ongoing therapy for their communication, swallowing and airway needs. SLTs provide impairment-based or behavioural change treatments aimed at improving everyday function.

This information does not include details of medical treatments for the central nervous system, inflammatory, immune system, vascular or post-viral effects of COVID-19 which are outside the SLT role. People are advised to see their GP to discuss such treatments.

What is included?
Details of communication (speech/pronunciation, voice/sound production, language/word finding), thinking/cognitive changes, throat difficulties and swallowing changes that can happen after a COVID-19 infection. It discusses symptoms that SLTs can help with.
The following is practical information aimed at people living with the aftereffects of a COVID-19 infection. This is a place to start before someone meets a speech and language therapist. It does not replace one to one therapy or medical advice.

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What a conference! Thank you to our sponsors, key note speakers , the IAP and our delegates for joining us. Stay tuned for our next LSA event.

#lsasydney #lsa #laryngology #slp #speechpathology #voice # voicetherapy #ent #otolaryngology #dysphagia

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