Is there a “practice effect” phenomenon for serial tongue pressure measurements following invasive ventilation?
Patterson S. (2), Parhar R. (2), Abercrombie M. (1), Schlager A. (1), Skoretz S.A. (1,2,3)
- School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Fraser Health, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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