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Stoma Site Care

March 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This resource supports therapists in navigating stoma site care by focusing on understanding, observation, and respectful decision-making rather than rigid protocols. It’s meant to be used in therapy to help patients feel oriented to their bodies and help clinicians participate in care safely and confidently.
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Exercise-Induced Laryngeal Obstruction: Handout and Treatment Guide

September 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This material provides information on triggers, prevalence, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of inducible laryngeal obstruction, more specifically exercise or exertion induced. Furthermore, this material includes a clinical reference for the SLP on more specific information regarding treatment of this diagnosis in speech therapy.
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Total Laryngectomy Pre/Post Anatomy and Physiology

July 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This powerful visual helps patients and caregivers conceptualize the changes that take place during surgical removal of the larynx. Also includes a list of changes that may occur related to speech and swallowing.
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Long COVID

July 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
Equip your patients with the knowledge of common symptoms, co-conditions, and risks related to long COVID.
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The Respiratory Defense System

September 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout explains how the lungs have a natural protection system to remove unwanted particles from the nasal cavity and lungs.
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Incentive Spirometer

June 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource provides basic education about incentive spirometry, including who should use an incentive spirometer, its benefits of use, how to use it, and normative values.
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Pulse Oximetry, Racial Bias and Statistical Bias (2022)

September 1, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.
In late November of 2021, the British Health Minister, Sajid Javid, published an article pointing out that pulse oximeters tend to be inaccurate in patients with dark skin pigmentation, attracting immediate and widespread attention around the world. The Minister remarked that “technologies are created and developed by people, and so bias, however inadvertent, can be […]
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