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Level 4 Pureed Diets and Where to Begin
Dysphagia and level 4 pureed diets - “Now what?” You have been recommended a level 4 pureed diet by your speech-language pathologist (S-LP) and may be thinking, “Now what? What is that?”. Level 4 pureed diets are typically recommended by S-LPs to individuals with...
Busting Myths on Dysphagia
Dysphagia: A Disorder Understood by Few Up to 22% of adults over the age of 50 live with dysphagia or swallowing problems, and yet, this swallowing disorder largely remains a mystery to the general public. A recent survey found that, among participants who were not...
Difficulty Swallowing is Called Dysphagia…
...but “it should be called: “I can't effing swallow.” Surgery saved Ted Power’s life from throat cancer, but a mobile swallowing exercise system gave him his life back. “Well, Mr. Power, I’ve got some bad news. You’ve got cancer,” the doctor said. “Hmm,”...
Patient Stories
The Vital Beat – Head and neck cancer patients test made-in-Edmonton Mobili-T®
Thanks to new mobile technology, Scott Ellis and Leslie O'Connor-Parsons are finding it easier to swallow more than soup and soft food. Scott, 63, says he's not coughing as much when he eats. And Leslie, 59, says she's looking forward to expanding her diet. "It is...
Dysphagia
Level 4 Pureed Diets and Where to Begin
Dysphagia and level 4 pureed diets - “Now what?” You have been recommended a level 4 pureed diet by your speech-language pathologist (S-LP) and may be thinking, “Now what? What is that?”. Level 4 pureed diets are typically recommended by S-LPs to individuals with...
Busting Myths on Dysphagia
Dysphagia: A Disorder Understood by Few Up to 22% of adults over the age of 50 live with dysphagia or swallowing problems, and yet, this swallowing disorder largely remains a mystery to the general public. A recent survey found that, among participants who were not...
Difficulty Swallowing is Called Dysphagia…
...but “it should be called: “I can't effing swallow.” Surgery saved Ted Power’s life from throat cancer, but a mobile swallowing exercise system gave him his life back. “Well, Mr. Power, I’ve got some bad news. You’ve got cancer,” the doctor said. “Hmm,”...
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Mobili-T®: A Mobile Health Solution
Mobili-T® is a portable swallowing therapy system for individuals with swallowing disorders, with particular focus on head and neck cancer. Individuals with a swallowing impairment are often unable to consume a normal diet, which can lead to dependence on tube...
Med-Tech Innovation News
Twenty years ago, Jana Rieger, CEO of True Angle Medical Technologies, started a clinical research program at the Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to understand how treatment for head and neck cancer affected function. "We...
AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge: Startup Edition
The winner of the Vancouver competition was True Angle Medical Technologies, based in Edmonton. The company developed the Mobili-T®, a swallowing therapy system for older adults with swallowing difficulties. “The Mobili-T® system takes the therapy out of the clinic...