Hands Free Speech

Hands Free Speech: Setting Patients Up for Success

For Australian Healthcare Professionals only

Successful Hands-Free Speech in Tracheosophageal Voice Prosthesis (TEP) users can often be challenging. How do we best create a closed system given challenging peristomal landmarks? What Hands-Free Speech devices are currently available for patient use? What are the patient's specific goals with Hands-Free Speech, and are these realistic?

We acknowledge the staff shortages currently so, as requested, have developed a 45 minute Lunch and Learn series. In this live webinar, we will discuss baseplate troubleshooting with the goal of improving baseplate seal for Hands-Free Speech. We will also discuss the new SpeakFree™ Hands Free HME and how this device expands hands-free access to TEP users in a simple, fully assembled HME cartridge with an adjustable hands free valve. 

UPCOMING DATES: 

Thursday 18th May 2023 (registration closed)

*MORE DATES COMING SOON!

• 1pm AEST: Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania, ACT
• 1pm AEST: Brisbane
• 11am AWST: Perth
• 12:30pm ACST: Adelaide 
• 12.30pm ACST: Darwin 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Attendees will describe the mechanism of Hands-Free Speech
• Attendees will describe at least 3 components of a systematic stomal assessment
• Attendees will identify at least 2 solutions to navigate baseplate seal breakdown

PRESENTER

Felicity Megee - Senior Speech Pathologist at Melbourne Health

Felicity completed her Bachelor of Speech Pathology at Latrobe University in 2000 and Masters of Public Health at Monash University in 2011. She is currently a Grade 4 Speech Pathologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Felicity’s current areas of research include communication and swallowing outcomes for people post diagnosis and treatment for head and neck cancer.

Through her ongoing teaching commitments Felicity is committed to improving safe and effective preoperative, acute and community care for patients following laryngectomy locally and abroad. In 2013 Felicity travelled to USA and was trained by Dr Eric Blom to deliver his voice restoration course in Australia.