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