297 – The Tongueometer: We’ve got updates!
Swallow Your Pride Podcast · Theresa Richard, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
September 26, 202332m 57s
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Show Notes
<p>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? </p>
<p>That device exists! And it’s improved…</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Get the show notes with references here: https://syppodcast.com/297</p>
<p>Timestamps:</p>
<p>Updates on the Tongueometer device [00:01:18]<br />
Recent publications on the Tongueometer [00:09:33]<br />
Comparing Validity of Tongueometer and EOP [00:10:04]<br />
Concurrent Validity Study by James Curtis [00:12:12]<br />
Patient Populations Using Tongueometer [00:17:11]<br />
The reimbursement codes for remote therapeutic monitoring [00:20:33]<br />
Gamification of the app [00:21:21]<br />
Insurance reimbursement process [00:26:32]</p>
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