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Voices of Experience: Experts Weigh in on the Value of the VitalStim® Therapy System

In recent years, there have been a growing number of professionals that are seeing their patients with dysphagia make significant progress with VitalStim® Therapy, a method and technology for safely re-educating the oropharyngeal muscles with electrical stimulation.

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Akila Rajappa, MS CCC-SLP, Speech Language Pathologist

Facitily: Lakeland Health Care Center

Promising improvements in more than just the swallow

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Jay Paul, MD, Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialist

Facitily: Armstrong County Memorial Hospital

A skeptic converted

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Sai Oh, MD, Medical Director

Facitily: HealthSouth Chattanooga Rehabilitation Hospital

Potential for lowering costs at nursing homes

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David Bowers, MD, Medical Director, Neurological Division

Facitily: HealthSouth Chattanooga Rehabilitation Hospital

Speeding recovery

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Donna L. Bourdon, Administrator/CEO

Facitily: HealthSouth Chattanooga Rehabilitation Hospital

Rehabilitation hospital shows treatment is effective

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Johan Otter, PT, OCS, Director, Ancillary Services

Facitily: Scripps Memorial Hospital

Challenging long-held assumptions

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Peter Belafsky, MD, PhD, Director of Scripps Center for Voice & Swallowing

Facitily: Scripps Memorial Hospital

No diet limitations for 73% of patients

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Jan Speirs, MS, CCC-SLP, Supervisor, Speech Audiology, Scripps Center for Voice and Swallowing

Facitily: Scripps Memorial Hospital

Success with patients who failed traditional therapy

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