“Swallowing. We can take it for granted.We eat and drink all day long without giving it a thought. That is, until there’s a problem. Each year, one in 25 adults will experience dysphagia — difficulty in swallowing….

TIMS is valuable to us as a teaching facility, as it enables SLP students and other clinicians to remotely watch and participate in clinical exams without having to be physically present in the procedure suite – a capability that has proven beneficial given recent restrictions on in-person learning associated with COVID-19 social distancing protocols.”

Kendrea L. (Focht) Garand, PhD, CScD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CBIS, CCRE
Founder and Director, Swallowing Disorder Initiative Research Laboratory
Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology
PhD Program Coordinator
University of South Alabama

“The addition of TIMS MVP has been very valuable to our department. It has given us unprecedented capabilities to capture, store and share FEES videos; as well as streamlining our workflow, making us more efficient and effective -- ultimately leading to improved patient care and outcomes”

Elizabeth Kay Hill, Acute Care OT/SLP
Acute Care Occupational Therapy/Speech Language Pathology Manager
Spartanburg Medical Center
Spartanburg, SC

“In addition to enabling convenient remote consulting from my office at the university—this two-way, interactive video and audio connection represents a telementoring platform that gives students many more observation hours, and valuable exposure to tele‐evaluation in a conducive learning environment.”

Bonnie Martin-Harris, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-S, ASHA Honors
Alice Gabrielle Twight Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Communication
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Radiation Oncology, Feinberg School of Medicine
Clinician Scientist, Hines VAMC
Northwestern University