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So you've probably seen our demonstrations of above cuff vocalisation on ATV, both with the basic setup and with our CTTV project, which you can see on our website.
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But our speech and language therapy expert, Professor Sarah Wallace, was delighted to find colleagues from Taiwan at a recent meeting demonstrate their implementation of above cuff vocalisation.
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Hi, I'm Professor Sarah Wallace, and I'm a consultant speech and language therapist here at Withinshore Hospital in Manchester in the UK.
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We've got a sunny day today, which is really unusual.
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I specialise in critical care and I work in the Cardiotlassic Centre, which is behind me, and the Critical Care Unit and the General ICU and also the Burns ICU.
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I spend half my time doing clinical work and the rest of my time doing research with projects such as the above cost focalization as well as teaching and education and lots of other things.
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So my research into ACV started about 12 years ago collaborating with Professor Brendan McGrath here at Windshore as part of the Acute ICU here and part of our work for the National Tracheosopy Safety Project, the NTSP.
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This hospital is where we made our first film.
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And the films that you've seen about ACV were made on the General ICU here with our patients.
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We've just finished our latest research, which is that you can read about on the website, the CCTV project.
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And if you want to know more, just go to www.tracheostomy.org.uk.
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But like you, um, we're really motivated to improve ICU patient recovery and quality of life.
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And speaking is central to that, and it takes a team approach.
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And I was really thrilled to meet Pei Wen recently at the University of Lervan.
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Um such a lovely surprise when she showed me the video of her and her speech therapy colleagues using ACV on her patients in the ICU at the Mennonite Christian Hospital.
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I was thrilled to see the impact of our work reach you guys in Taiwan.
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And you it really moved me to see that happening with your patients.
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When I watched your video that you sent me about the swallowing care outreach service, I was really inspired.
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I was really moved by the amazing work that you're doing and obviously your dedication to patient care.
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We share the same values of collaboration and teamwork and patient-centred care.
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And it means so much to Professor McGrath and me that to know that our work can have a positive effect in Taiwan, thanks to you, and that it's helped you to change your patients' lives.
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So thank you.
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So thanks to colleagues at the Mennonite Christian Hospital in Taiwan and to Peiwei Chan for sharing that fascinating video.