SIG
Communication and Swallowing Disorders
About us
Background for the
establishment of the Committee
A questionnaire sent to European hospitals and rehabilitation centres
for PwMS (reported during the MARCH Congress in Paris - 1996) was a good
opportunity to develop links between Speech Therapists and create an
international group on Communication & Swallowing Disorders in MS. The
lectures are published in "Communication and Swallowing Disorders"
edited by M. Charlier and P. Ketelaer, 1996.
The group on Communication and Swallowing Disorders was born within the
MARCH program in 1996 and contributed to the publication of "A
problem-Oriented Approach to Multiple Sclerosis", Ketelaer P, Prosiegel
M, Battaglia M & Messmer Uccelli M (Edts) Acco, Leuven/Amersfoort, 1997.
Because of an important need for specific assessment and rehabilitation
techniques, all members of the group decided to extend the activities
after the MARCH program.
Goals
Because of the very small representation of Speech Therapists
specialised in MS, the primary goals of our CCC are recruiting
colleagues in Europe improvement and sharing of knowledge and experience
about the treatment of respiratory diseases, voice and speech disorders,
neurolinguistic and cognitive problems, swallowing disorders,
development of a common and specific evaluation of the communication and
swallowing disorders, information and implication of other disciplines
in the different rehabilitation processes of communication and
swallowing disorders