Ipswich Hospital Foundation funding for Ipswich Hospital Speech Pathology Department has enabled the purchase of two Apple iPads along with ICU specific apps for iPads and Spectronics ability switches, for use in the Intensive Care Unit.
The iPads and ability switches will enable people with physical disabilities, or altered speech ability, to interact with computers and speech generating devices.
These items will improve the communication effectiveness in treating patients in the Intensive Care Unit, especially those who are suffering from communication deficits.
Clinicians, family and friends and most importantly patients will benefit from the funding.