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Restoring happiness to speakand eat in tongue cancer patient. Dr. Lorinda Kwan-Chen, speech therapist of EdUHK explains in TVB documentary programme “Vital Lifeline"

Since tongue is composed of several muscles that aid in swallowing and sound articulation, the ability of people with tongue cancer to speak, eat, and even drink will be affected after their tongue tissue removal surgery.

On 16th January 2023, Dr. Lorinda Kwan-Chen, a speech therapist and Senior Lecturer of SEC, was interviewed by TVB documentary programme – “Vital Lifeline” and talked about how patients with tongue cancer can relearn speaking and swallowing skills through speech and swallowing therapy.

Click here to view the full episode.

Evidence-based Capstone Project Presentation, Graduation Celebration cum Prize Giving Ceremony of MScESLPLD

The Evidence-based Capstone Project Presentation, Graduation Celebration cum Prize Giving Ceremony of the eighth cohort graduates of the Master of Science Programme in Educational Speech-Language Pathology & Learning Disabilities (MScESLPLD) was held on 18 Jun 2022 (Sat). Thirty-two students of MScESLPLD presented the key findings of their capstone projects in specialized areas of speech-language pathology, communication sciences and disorders, learning disabilities, and swallowing disorders. The best students in the research project and presentation were awarded prizes as a token of appreciation.

The ninth cohort students also attended the event to learn from their seniors and show support. It was a jubilant event for the students and staff to get together and pay tribute to the wonderful accomplishments of the MScESLPLD graduates after their 22 months of determined and persistent endeavors.

List of awardees:

Internationalization of the MScESLPLD programme

The MScESLPLD students and staff participated in the 17th Thomas More International Days event organized by the Thomas More University of Applied Sciences in Belgium on 16th March 2022. More than 90 speech-language pathology (SLP) students from Hong Kong, the Philippines, Spain, and Belgium joined the event. The event started with a plenary session discussing telepractice in SLP and audiology under the COIVD-19 pandemic, followed by two rounds of six parallel sessions on various SLP topics. Our colleagues, Dr. Carmen Ooi and Ms. Esther Kwok, led the sessions on “Where do we stand? The SLP’s role in inclusive education” and “Impacts of head and neck cancer on patients and how medical SLP manage and care with heart,” respectively.

Evidence-based Capstone Project Presentation, Graduation Celebration Party cum Prize Giving Ceremony of MScESLPLD

The Evidence-based Capstone Project Presentation, Graduation Celebration Party cum Prize Giving Ceremony of the seventh cohort graduates of the Master of Science Programme in Educational Speech-Language Pathology & Learning Disabilities (MScESLPLD) was held on 5 Jun 2021 (Sat).  Thirty-nine students of MScESLPLD presented the key findings of their capstone projects which are in specialized areas of speech-language pathology, communication sciences and disorders, learning disabilities and swallowing disorders. The best students in research project and presentation were awarded with prizes as a token of appreciation.

The eighth cohort students also attended the event to learn from their seniors and show support. It was a jubilant event for the students and staff to get together and pay tribute to the wonderful accomplishments of the MScESLPLD graduates after their 22 months of determined and persistent endeavours.

Award for Clinical Excellence in Neurogenic Speech and Language Pathologies

Congratulations to MScELSPLD students Po Mi Ya (Mia) and Lee Yi Yan (Nicole) in receiving the first Award for Clinical Excellence in Neurogenic Speech and Language Pathologies. 

With the assistance from Dr. Lorinda Kwan-Chen, the award was set up by the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology and Learning Disabilities programme through a generous donation of Mr. Villamil who gladly celebrated the superior clinical performance demonstrated by the students in speech and language pathology.  

Let’s give Mia and Nicole big applause!!!

Speech-Language Pathology - Summer School (SLP-SS) 2019

Eight of our MScESLPLD programme students were awarded the Best Poster Presentation Award at the Speech-Language Pathology – Summer School (SLP-SS) 2019 which was held at The National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan in Aug 2019. The win is the 4^th in 6 years for MScESLPLD students.

Congratulations to all winners!

Highlights: https://www.eduhk.hk/fehd/en/highlights.php?s=news_event&id=4709