Image shows a poster on the use of laryngeal ultrasound by paediatric speech and language therapists by the team from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh and Imperial College Hospital, London. The poster includes images of an ultrasound image of the voice box and an image of a child undergoing ultrasound.

Finally, thank you to my co-authors for enabling two different research outputs to be presented this year at #espo2025

First, the chance to share our poster presentation on #feasibility #slpeeps #wespeechies #laryngeal #ultrasound #VFMI
@DrJoanMa1 @viviers_mari

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Poster from St George’s Hospital, UK describing their Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) service and results. Image is of a child undergoing FEES whilst being cradled and bottle fed.

Image of a poster from Phoenix Children’s Hospital, USA, describing the clinical complications and safety issues following augmentation of interarytenoid defect in dysphagic (swallowing difficulties) infants under 1 year old. Poster includes two airway images and a number of graphs to illustrate results.

Image of a poster from a team in Portugal describing severe dysphagia (swallowing problems) and stridor in a child with a lingual thyroglossal duct cyst. The poster includes a QR code for more information, graphs illustrating results and scans and photos of the cyst’s appearance.

Posters

A quick look at some of the posters presented at #espo2025

📑St George’s FEES service

📑Safety & complications following laryngeal cleft repair in infants under 1 yr

📑Lingual thyroglossal duct cyst leading to stridor & dysphagia

#PFD #ESPO2025

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Image shows a presenter’s slide of the typical anatomical changes in the adolescent’s larynx.

Navigating Adolescent Voice

Dr Hseu, Boston Children’s Hospital presented a comprehensive discussion on adolescent voice assessment & differential diagnoses

Important: voice issues are not just about laryngeal level issues!

#ESPO2025 #dysphonia

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Paediatric tracheostomy - 2

69% no min practice of tube change before discharge
50% no structured follow up
No routine MLB post trache

Summary:
Trache is a rare procedure but highly complex
Need for standardised protocols & home care guidelines

#espo2025 #trache
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