tele - speech - therapy: new business opportunity for videoconferencing companies
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Tele - Speech - Therapy: New Business Opportunity for Videoconferencing
Companies
Institute for Research and Training in Speech Therapy
Who are we?Parlo Institute
PARLO…
… is market leader in online speech therapy in Germany.
… has contracts with the biggest German insurance companies with regard to telemedical treatment of their clients.
‘ … has the most ambitious research and development programs in collaboration with leading universities.
… is committed to the advance of evidence-based practice in online group and individual speech therapy.
… is oriented towards the WHO guidelines.
… is supported by a research advisory board of renowned international researchers in the field of speech and language therapy.
… is a provider of services for medical engineering as well as for therapy and research institutions.
Tele-Speech Therapy Has Crucial Advantages
Cost effective
No costs for accomodation and food
Regular treatment sessions
Closer monitoring of the client´s progress
Time effective
no need to travel no need to take time off work
Independent of location
Treatment at client´s home verfügbar in unterversorgten Regionen
Tele-Speech-Therapy is highly effective
Telegroup
Control group
Treatment progress (median %SS) for tele-group and control group:
Medians before intensive treatment (M1),
after intensive treatment (M2)
and 12 month after intensive treatment (M3).
Effect sizes of %SS (Cohen's d) from before intensive treatment to end of maintenance period:
Teletreatment d = 0.93Control Group d = 0.90
Example: Treatment results of telemedical stuttering therapy
>>> the online patients´ increase of speech fluency is comparable to those of the presencially treated
patients!
Which tools are using?
Application SharingApplication Sharing
Interaction tools for communicationTransmission of contentsSpeech exercises
DiagnosticsObservation of visual aspectsSpeech exercises with visual andaudio feedback
Access data at patient´s computere.g. visual feedback software “flunatic”
Editable WhiteboardEditable Whiteboard
Support System
Accounts for therapists and patients
Therapy organisation
Payment System
Interface videoconferencing software
environment
+ very basic user hardware( Headset and only low computer performance necessary)
Almost everyone alreay has it!
Webcam and RecordingWebcam and Recording (Manage appointments (Calendar system), add participants, create and administer therapy steps and materials)
What do we offer to videoconferencing companies?
Implementation of the interface tools into the freach platform
Marketing and sponsoring at our
telemedical symposium 7th – 10th of April
In cooperation with:
More information and program:www.biomedical-signals.com
Entry into the growing telemedical market