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What is it about?
The impact on speech, swallowing and pragmatics from facial burns and the role of the Speech Language Pathologist is described. Often facial burns are tended to after the larger burns and appendages are splinted and cared for resulting in early oral and facial contractures. Coordinated care with the Speech Pathologist can improve outcomes in this arena.
Why is it important?
Many interdisciplinary burn teams do not have active involvement by the Speech Language Pathologist in the early stages of oro-facial contracture management which has shown to improve outcomes when started early.