Electronic voice-output communication aids for temporarily nonspeaking patients in a medical intensive care unit: a feasibility study
Heart & LungPublished 1 March 2004
Mary Beth Happ, Tricia Roesch, Kathryn L. Garrett
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This study showed that use of VOCAs is possible with selected critically ill adults and may contribute to greater ease of communication during respiratory tract intubation particularly with family members.
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This study showed that use of VOCAs is possible with selected critically ill adults and may contribute to greater ease of communication during respiratory tract intubation particularly with family members. Further clinical research using control or comparison groups is needed.
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