297 – The Tongueometer: We’ve got updates!

Swallow Your Pride Podcast

Theresa Richard, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Education, Health & Fitness, Business, Careers, Medicine

4.8 • 899 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Why rely on tongue depressors when you can give your patients a portable workout device that comes with an app to track their tongue strength, endurance, and exercise results?

That device exists! And it’s improved…

Elizabeth Daly and Ed Steger are back on the Swallow Your Pride Podcast with exciting updates on the Tongueometer - a handheld lingual manometer that measures tongue and lip strength and endurance. From Android and iOS compatibility to bluetooth connections to two new research studies using the Tongueometer, this is a dysphagia therapy device all med SLPs should be aware of.

Get the show notes with references here: https://syppodcast.com/297

Timestamps:

Updates on the Tongueometer device [00:01:18]
Recent publications on the Tongueometer [00:09:33]
Comparing Validity of Tongueometer and EOP [00:10:04]
Concurrent Validity Study by James Curtis [00:12:12]
Patient Populations Using Tongueometer [00:17:11]
The reimbursement codes for remote therapeutic monitoring [00:20:33]
Gamification of the app [00:21:21]
Insurance reimbursement process [00:26:32]

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0:00.0	On this episode of the Swallier Pride podcast, we have Elizabeth Daly and Ed Steiger back.
0:06.0	Elizabeth is an SLP who received her master's in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Wisconsin.
0:12.0	She's the Vice President for E2 Scientific. Sciences and disorders from the University of Wisconsin.
0:12.8	She's the Vice President for E2 Scientific Corp.
0:15.8	She guides the clinical practices, documentation,
0:18.2	and education process for tongueometer
0:20.8	to the SLP and patient communities.
0:23.0	In addition to currently working in the acute care setting, Elizabeth is also the Executive Director for the National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders.
0:30.0	Ed Steeker is a five-time head and neck cancer survivor.
0:35.0	The effects of surgery, radiation, and years of toxic chemotherapy resulted in his diagnosis of severe
0:40.0	dysphagia in 2007.
0:42.3	His last normal meal was in 2006. He was elected
0:46.4	president of the National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders in 2012 and
0:49.9	his work tirelessly to raise dysphagia awareness, advance following disorder education,
0:54.3	promote research, and provide patient support. He designed the product, the tongueometer,
0:59.2	and had a major role in prototype production using the latest technologies.
1:03.0	Prior to his head and a cancer diagnosis in 2005,
1:06.0	Ed spent almost 30 years in the industry
1:09.0	as a management consultant and has a master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University.
1:14.0	And I hope you all enjoy this episode.
1:15.7	I always love speaking with both Elizabeth and Ed,
1:18.4	and hope you hope you enjoy this episode. your host, Trisa Richard, I'm a board certified specialist in swallowing
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