Thirty iPads purchased thanks to funding from Henry Bloom Noble Healthcare Trust
Patients with the Island's Speech and Language Therapy Service have been granted new ways of communication thanks to the purchasing of new iPads.
Thirty of the tablets, along with specialist software, have been provided thanks to a grant of £33,000 from the Henry Bloom Noble Healthcare Trust.
The charity says the equipment will be used to help individuals who are unable to vocalise for a variety of reasons, including serious disabilities or progressive conditions.
The iPads will be used by the service to assess communication needs and to design personalised programmes of support.
They may also be provided on a short-term loan basis for individuals to use in their own homes or, in the case of children, within a school setting.
Clinical Lead Duncan Brown and Children's Speech and Language Therapists Zoë Appleby and Catriona Dorrian showed Manx Radio's Lewis Foster how they have been putting the iPads to good use:
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Malcolm Clague, Trustee & Medical Assessor for the Henry Bloom Noble Healthcare Trust, was there to watch the demonstration:
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