Determining the Prevalence, Implementation Approaches, and Opinions of Above Cuff Vocalization: A Survey of Health Care Professionals.

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"We acknowledge the support of the project advisory group: Esther Beaumont, Frank Beaumont, Sarah Brown, Nicki Credland, Dr. Gary Masterson, Dr. Elankumaran Paramasivam, Dr. Maureen Twiddy, Simon Walker, Sarah Wallace, and Karen Woodford. We thank our patient, carer, and public involvement group for their valued input into this project. We also thank the following societies and professional networks for supporting the dissemination of our survey: the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care, the British Association of Critical Care Nurses, the Critical Care Leadership Forum, the European Society for Swallowing Disorders, the ICU Recovery Network, the Intensive Care Society, Members of Special Interest Group 3 and 13, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the NIHR Critical Care Specialty Group, the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), the RCSLT Tracheostomy Clinical Excellence Network, the Scottish Intensive Care Society, Speech Language and Audiology Canada, the UK Allied Health Professional and Nurses Network for Critical Care Research, the UK Critical Care Nursing Alliance, the UK Critical Care Research Forum, the Welsh Intensive Care Society, and the World Federation of Critical Care Nurses. We thank all the individuals who took the time to complete the survey and the clinicians who helped to pilot and develop the survey questions. Supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) as part of an HEE/NIHR ICA Programme. Claire S. Mills is funded by an NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship (ICA-CDRF-2017-03-036). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care."