Journal Reviews

Swallowing it whole: the physical and psychological consequences of dysphagia

7 January 2021 | | Speech and Language Therapy | dysphagia, lived experience, speech-language pathology, community, qualitative

Living with dysphagia in the real world can be extremely challenging, both practically and psychologically. Long-term changes in taste due to chemo-radiation treatment for head and neck cancer, fatigue due to Parkinson’s disease, and physically impaired structures due to stroke...

What the people want and need: emerging service for communication needs in Ghana

30 April 2020 | | Speech and Language Therapy | community services, developing countries, multidisciplinary, speech-language pathology, sub-Saharan Africa

There is a significant shortfall in rehabilitation service for people with communication difficulties across Majority World countries. It is known that many people in these countries are likely to seek help from a variety of sectors including western healthcare, religious...