Using videoconferencing to provide

Speech & Language Therapy

Rebecca MatthewsPhd Student and Speech & Language Therapist

sslyram@ucl.ac.uk0118 9700300

Skype ID - speechsort

What do I hope to gain from this meeting?

• Learn about other projects using videoconferencing

• Make contact with others using this technology to provide SLT or other therapy

• Learn about the experiences of others using videoconferencing

Profile on the use of SLT Videoconferencing so

far…….Location = USA/Canada/UK

Difficulty = Parkinson’s Disease, CVA Dysfluency, High Tech AAC Speech/Language Impairment

Age = adult, adolescents, infant age

Activity = Therapy Programme, Liaison, Observation

SLT videoconferencing projects in the UK (published)

1. ICAN Teach Speech (1999)

2. ACE Centre (2005)

3. City University LSVT project (2007)

a. Infant age childrenb. Liaison/support

a. All agesb. Observation/liaison

a. Adults b. LSVT programme

My Research Questions

1. Is it possible to identify change/benefit for the paediatric communication impaired using videoconferencing to provide SLT?

2. What factors predict that change is possible using this technology to provide SLT?

3. How does communication style change using videoconferencing to provide SLT?

Research Methodology• Time Frame = 2009-2010

• Participants = paediatric

• Aetiology = Autism/ASD/Asperger’s Cleft Palate/Hearing Impaired SLI

• Measures = questionnaire & interview observation formal assessment

conversational analysis