Clear communication masks

Masks are important during COVID-19. 

https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/369/bmj.m1435.full.pdf

However, masks impede clear communication. 

The Managing Director of Everyday Office National donated a few masks for me to take to the Aphasia Camp last week and said they are TGA approved – but this is not on the website. I tried one out they feel comfortable. I don’t know anything else about them except for the purchasing information below. I'll be interested to hear from colleagues to see if they are useful for speech pathology practice and other situations where clear communication is difficult when wearing traditional masks.

Here are the details: ADULT CLEAR COMMUNICATION MASK Product Code: 2000143 | Product Reference: ADULT CLEAR | AUD $5.44 PER EACH Ex. GST : $4.95 

https://www.officenational.com.au/shop/en/everyday/adult-clear-communication-mask-2000143

 

Celebrating Speech Pathology Week

This week is Speech Pathology Week. Normally the Bathurst speech pathologists all meet for dinner. This year is not normal - so we met via zoom. It was fascinating to hear of how therapy with children has been via telehealth, telephone, posted home programs, and face-to-face while wearing masks!

The general consensus was:

Therapy via videoconference is better than wearing masks (except when there is no internet)!