關於黎頌謙（Jason Lai）

黎頌謙是一位言語治療師（Speech-language Pathologist, SLP），同樣是香港、澳門和內地首位PORi-認證頭頸癌復康治療師 以及 完成口腔繫帶組織(Tethered Oral Tissues-TOTS)相關訓練的言語治療師。

他專門處理運動性言語障礙、吞嚥障礙、聲線障礙，以及因頭頸癌及其治療（化療、手術、放射治療）引致的問題。他亦擁有豐富經驗，支援患有柏金遜症、肺癌及其他癌症並出現聲線及吞嚥困難的人士。他已為逾一百位住院及門診病人進行吞嚥儀器檢查（包括纖維內視鏡吞嚥評估FEES及X光吞鋇造影檢查）。

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他積極參與多項本地私家醫院的重要政策制定及新住院服務的推出。他開展了香港首個住院口腔護理服務，旨在預防院內肺炎並提升病人生活質素（QoL）。2023年，他成為香港、澳門及中國內地首位獲得PORi認證的頭頸癌康復治療師。隨後，他於醫院和內外科診所開展了香港首個專為頭頸癌患者而設的專科言語治療服務，專注於維持及提升患者的功能及生活質素。2023年，他作為言語治療師，協助香港港安醫院—司徒拔道成為全港首間全面落實國際吞嚥飲食標（IDDSI）的醫院。2024年，他於首屆香港IDDSI研討會擔任專家講者，主題為「持續質素改善：按標準飲食-提升吞嚥與營」。同年，他亦獲邀擔任香港社會服務聯會（HKCSS）主辦的照護食烹飪比賽評審嘉賓。2020年，他創辦慈善團體香港失語症協會，於2020-2023年間擔任創會幹事及義工言語治療師，在社創基金和香港交易所慈善基金支助下推動一系列支援失語症患者和照顧者的社會項目。

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About Jason Lai

Jason Lai is a Speech-language Pathologist (SLP), the first PORi-certified Head and Neck Cancer Rehabilitation Therapist in Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China, and a SLP trained in Tethered Oral Tissues (TOTS).

He is specialised in motor speech, swallowing, voice disorders, as well as the assessment, pre-habilitation and rehabilitation of problems resulting from head and neck cancer and its treatment (Chemotherapy, Surgery, Radiation therapy). He also has extensive experience in supporting people diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, lung and other cancers with voice and swallowing difficulties. He has administered over a hundred instrumental swallowing assessments (Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing and Videofluoroscopic Study of Swallow) for inpatients and outpatients.

He has contributed to many key policy and launches of new in-patient services in local private hospitals. He launched the first inpatient oral-care service with the goal of preventing acquired pneumonia and improving the quality of life (QoL) in patients.  He was qualified as the first PORi-certified Head and Neck Cancer Rehabilitation Therapist in Hong Kong, Macau, and mainland China in 2023. He subsequently launched the first local Hong Kong specialised speech therapy services for people diagnosed with head and neck cancer, focusing on the functional and quality of life maintenance and improvement in people diagnosed with head and neck cancer. In 2023, he accomplished, as the leading SLP, the first complete implementation of the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI) in Hong Kong Adventist Hospital- Stubbs Road amongst all local Hong Kong hospitals. He further presented in the first Hong Kong IDDSI Symposium as an expert speaker on “Continuous Quality Improvement: Enhancing Swallowing Safety with Adequate Nutrition through the Dysphagia Diet Standardization” in 2024. He was invited as the guest judge in the 2024 CareFood cooking competition organized by the HKCSS. In 2020, he founded the charitable organization Aphasia HK and served as a founding executive committee member and volunteer speech therapist from 2020 to 2023. With support from the GIES and the HKEX Foundation, he promoted a series of social projects to support people with aphasia and their caregivers.