Outpatient speech and language therapy via videoconferencing in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of therapists / Videotherapie in der ambulanten Logopädie/Sprachtherapie in Deutschland während der COVID-19 Pandemie: Erfahrungen von Therapeut/innen

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Future prospects of videoconferencing, N = 816_

Question	‘Yes’ (%)	‘No’ (%)	‘I don’t know’ (%)
Do you see any useful applications for videoconferencing in outpatient speech and language therapy?	661 (81)	89 (11)	66 (8)
Can you imagine using videoconferencing in addition to frequency enhancement if this would enable better and/or faster therapy success?	646 (79)	113 (14)	57 (7)
Can you imagine conducting some therapy sessions in the therapy process online, without affecting therapy success?	676 (83)	82 (10)	58 (7)
Can you imagine conducting some therapy sessions in the therapy process online, without affecting the relation between you and your patient?	662 (81)	96 (12)	58 (7)
	‘Yes’ (%)	‘No’ (%)	‘I don’t care’ (%)
Should videoconferencing be included in standard healthcare?	636 (78)	137 (17)	43 (5)

Participants' characteristics_

Item	Response	Frequency (%)	Mean (SD)
Gender (n = 816)	Female	771 (94.5)
	Male	45 (5.5)
Age in years (n = 815)			44 (± 11)
Years of working experience (n = 812)			17 (± 10)
Professional status (n = 816)	Practice owner	523 (64.1)
	Employee	259 (31.7)
	Freelancer	20 (2.5)
	Other	14 (1.7)
Participation by state (n = 816)	Bavaria	165 (20.2)
	North Rhine-Westphalia	149 (18.3)
	Baden-Württemberg	99 (12.1)
	Lower Saxony	81 (9.9)
	Hesse	66 (8.1)
	Rhineland-Palatinate	61 (7.5)
	Berlin	48 (5.9)
	Hamburg	39 (4.8)
	Saxony	23 (2.8)
	Brandenburg	21 (2.6)
	Schleswig-Holstein	19 (2.3)
	Saarland	14 (1.7)
	Mecklenburg-West Pomerania	12 (1.5)
	Thuringia	8 (1)
	Saxony-Anhalt	8 (1)
	Bremen	3 (0.4)

Use and suitability of videoconferencing_ (Please note: The specification in parentheses corresponds to the indication codes of the German ‘Heilmittelkatalog’ (therapeutic remedies catalogue)_ The dashes in the first column indicate that the answer options were not available for this question_

Disorder	Frequency used (%) n = 707	Frequency inappropriate (%) n = 816
Language development disorder (SP1)	565 (80)	139 (17)
Articulation disorder (SP3)	484 (70)	139 (13)
Aphasia or dysphasia (SP5)	299 (42)	75 (9)
Oral swallowing disturbance (SCZ)	271 (38)	160 (20)
Speech motor dysfunction (SP6)	270 (38)	89 (11)
Functional voice disorder (ST2)	262 (37)	121 (15)
Orofacial dysfunction (OFZ)	236 (33)	107 (13)
Speech disorder (SPZ)	188 (27)	57 (7)
Stuttering (RE1)	184 (26)	88 (11)
Auditory perceptual disorder (SP2)	174 (25)	207 (25)
Organic voice disorder (ST1)	163 (23)	136 (17)
Rumbling (RE2)	50 (7)	88 (11)
Speech disorders in high degree hearing loss or deafness (SP4)	42 (6)	346 (42)
Psychogenic dysphonia (ST4)	32 (5)	218 (27)
Rhinophony (SF)	32 (5)	117 (14)
Psychogenic aphonia (ST3)	26 (4)	239 (30)
Dysphagia (SC1)	-	435 (53)
Damage to the head and neck section (SC2)	-	291 (36)
Nothing applies	-	227 (28)