Micaela Anakena Cofré Pakarati

The skills that I learned in 2023 focus mainly on rehabilitation of adults and the help that I provide them in their houses and in the hospital. I would like to focus on promoting and informing people about speech therapy to raise awareness among the Rapa Nui people. This concentration on families and caregivers of older adults is so they can learn strategies on how to communicate and relate when a neurodegenerative disease begins to advance or when people simply begin to age. I would like to create instances where musicians and singers can attend to teach them about good vocal hygiene and thus improve the quality of their singing voices. I would also like to work with the hospital staff to promote hearing health programs and guide those who need it in the process of accessing hearing aids.