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SLTLoulou - Louise (she / her)
@sltloulou.bsky.social
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Paediatric Speech & Language Therapist.
Professional Doc in Health student.
Supporting others. Interests: ABI, PCCU, airway, LTV, research, ethics, compassionate care 💛
Views my own. Repost ≠ endorsement.
#slpeeps #wespeechies #SLTs #clinicalacademic
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‼️Thanks if you have already shared

🚨Please note updated info & survey link 👇🏻

💻 Please complete & share

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Sent on behalf of Analou Sugar - her PhD research.

#paeds #peds #VFSS #EDS #slpeeps #wespeechies

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Bold blue poster announcing recruitment speech and language therapists to complete a survey. The poster includes white boxes with text outlining information. A QR code and link to the survey is also included.
June 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Proud research champion on #Red4Research day! Not only navigating my own clinical academic journey but also celebrating collaborations, connections & trust from colleagues & patients to enable knowledge translation & improve outcomes ❤️♥️❤️
#mysltday #researchchampion #phdlife
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June 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Sharing from Analou Sugar - please complete this global survey on paed #VFSS practice.

➡️ Paed Speech & Language Therapist

➡️ carrying out videofluoroscopy

🟰 supporting children & young people living with eating, drinking & swallowing needs

#slpeeps

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Image of recruitment poster for study
June 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Thanks for making it this far! Some final reflections

✅Great location
✅Great range of presentations
✅Innovative presentation types (e.g., debate & case based learning)

😔Navigating parallel sessions
😔Limited AHP & nursing rep
😔No interaction with poster authors

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The image is of a large screen with a title page of ESPO and “closing ceremony” noted. A man is stood at the lecture and two men are sat at a table on the stage.
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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And the opportunity for an oral presentation (in that giant room 🫣) on behalf of my co-authors on the results of a global survey of paediatric practice with tracheostomy.

Further results also now published doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpo…

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The image shows a large lecture hall with a large screen, lots of rows of chairs but no delegates. Some presenters are sat on the stage. An image of a presenter’s title slide about “children with a tracheostomy: global speech-language therapists’ practice” The image includes logos from various institutions.
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Finally, thank you to my co-authors for enabling two different research outputs to be presented this year at #espo2025

First, the chance to share our poster presentation on #feasibility #slpeeps #wespeechies #laryngeal #ultrasound #VFMI
@DrJoanMa1 @viviers_mari

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Image shows a poster on the use of laryngeal ultrasound by paediatric speech and language therapists by the team from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh and Imperial College Hospital, London. The poster includes images of an ultrasound image of the voice box and an image of a child undergoing ultrasound.
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Posters - 2

More posters

📑 Post extubation stridor as predictor of clinical outcomes

📑 Perhaps one for reflection on differing clinical practices: use of fenestrated trache tubes & one-way speaking valves to support laryngeal rehab. No info on tracheal outcomes

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Image shows a poster highlighting the presence of stridor post extubation as a predictor of clinical outcomes following paediatric intensive care unit admission and intubation. Image shows a poster from a paediatric surgical team in Japan describing the use of one-way speaking valves and fenestrated tracheostomy tubes to facilitate airway functions such as voice and swallowing. Images include how the valve and tubes work together and include a chart of outcomes.
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Posters

A quick look at some of the posters presented at #espo2025

📑St George’s FEES service

📑Safety & complications following laryngeal cleft repair in infants under 1 yr

📑Lingual thyroglossal duct cyst leading to stridor & dysphagia

#PFD #ESPO2025

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Poster from St George’s Hospital, UK describing their Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) service and results. Image is of a child undergoing FEES whilst being cradled and bottle fed. Image of a poster from Phoenix Children’s Hospital, USA, describing the clinical complications and safety issues following augmentation of interarytenoid defect in dysphagic (swallowing difficulties) infants under 1 year old. Poster includes two airway images and a number of graphs to illustrate results. Image of a poster from a team in Portugal describing severe dysphagia (swallowing problems) and stridor in a child with a lingual thyroglossal duct cyst. The poster includes a QR code for more information, graphs illustrating results and scans and photos of the cyst’s appearance.
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Navigating Adolescent Voice

Dr Hseu, Boston Children’s Hospital presented a comprehensive discussion on adolescent voice assessment & differential diagnoses

Important: voice issues are not just about laryngeal level issues!

#ESPO2025 #dysphonia

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Image shows a presenter’s slide of the typical anatomical changes in the adolescent’s larynx.
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Feeding tube dependency - 4

Dr Wilken discussed the treatment protocol in Essen, Germany.

And finally emphasised the need for change:
Plan to put in a feeding tube but don’t make a plan on how to wean it.

Definitely also resonates with discussions around thickener… 🤔

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Picture of the presenter (Dr Wilken) and the presenter’s slide highlighting the typical treatment protocol for children attending the tube weaning clinic in Germany.
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Feeding tube dependency
Dr Wilken, Psychologist, Essen

Incredible compassion & dedication effused from this presentation. So, so much resonated:

“food is love”

“we share emotions with food”

“just because medically recovered, doesn’t mean psychologically recovered”

🔥

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Picture of the presenter (Dr Wilken) and presenter’s slide highlighting the typical symptoms of tube feeding dependency.
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Laryngeal cleft - 2

For me > important clinical relevance:

Allow physiology to adapt & recover:

Instrumental Ax (VFSS, FEES) too soon may not show change.

Swallow rehab must follow surgery to support physiological changes.

This is relevant to other airway issues.

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Presenter’s slide showing a list of what not to do when working with children with suspected type I laryngeal cleft.
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Type I laryngeal cleft

Dr Steven Sobol, Philadelphia Children’s discussed assessment & management of laryngeal clefts.

Clinically significant for #slpeeps #wespeechies especially for differential diagnosis & pathology for aspiration & feeding difficulties #PFD

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Presenter’s (Dr Sobol) slide showing a diagram of the pathway of follow up for patients having undergone surgical repair of a type I laryngeal cleft.
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Tongue reduction in Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome

Dr Seong Keun Kwong, from Seoul presented on surgery to reduce tongue size in BWS

Approx 1 case per 10,340 live births
Cosmetic and functional concerns drive surgery

Aim: preserve function & avoid damage

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Image of a series of 12 black and white pictures of tongues with areas that would be selected for tongue reduction surgery in Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome. Image of presenter’s slide demonstrating the surgeon’s usual method of tongue reduction surgery - described as a midline rhomboidal and anterior wedge resection technique.
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Grateful for the chance to attend @ESPO_PedENT #Stuttgart for all things #paediatric #ENT last week.
Special thanks to @RCSLT for a grant to support attendance to share some research outputs - more on that later.
🚨Get ready: a few highlights #mysltday #clinicalacademic 👇🏻🧵1/
Colourful banner welcoming delegates to the European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology conference in Stuttgart, Germany
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Getting to work with children & families achieve their goals through swallowing rehabilitation & therapy is humbling - today pizza, doughnut & Skittles are amongst the incredible achievements of our determined #neurorehab superstars 🤩
#mysltday #swallowingbegetsswallowing #swallowaware2025 🍕🍩 🍬
Infographic of a head with a large asterisk to highlight swallowing. Information on eating, drubbing and swallowing affect children. Infographic from the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists for Swallowing awareness day 2025.
March 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Great to collaborate with #DrAnnaMiles @swallacesltobe.bsky.social #LouiseBax #MelissaKeesing & #VickyThorpe & see this important work published 🙂
#paeds #tracheostomy #airway #global #slpeeps #wespeechies
Cropped image of research article titled ‘Children with a tracheostomy: global speech-language therapists’ practice’
February 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Resharing from that other app one of my proudest achievements (so far 😜🤞🏻)

Hopefully this narrative piece with #DrJackieMcRae contributes to discussions & action around #transition into #adulthood for children & young people with a #tracheostomy

#CYP #airway #adultrician
November 17, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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👩‍💻Your voice is needed!

✅ Paediatric Speech & Language Therapist?

✅ Working in community settings only?

✅ Worked with at least 1 child with a tracheostomy in last 12 months?

Please click link to participate in this research exploring lived experiences

Link: forms.office.com/e/mJknQNaJNj
Colourful poster with six squares. Information on recruitment for research study.
November 15, 2024 at 12:10 PM