The clinician's place for dysphagia awareness, evidence-based practice and information.
I would love to share a story with you. Now keep in mind, I've been an SLP for a lot of years and feel that I do a pretty good job. Sometimes, I may even get a little over-confident in my skills and have to examine what I'm doing. Let's talk about a patient I've [...]
Assessing the Swallow: 101 Assessment of the swallow can be one of the most valuable pieces of information in your treatment plan for a patient with dysphagia. There are so many factors that need to be considered when you receive an order for a patient with dysphagia. Clarification of the order It is vital to [...]
The Clinical Swallowing Evaluation One of the most crucial components, at least for me, of the Clinical Swallow Evaluation (CSE), is the interview. I haven't found a lot of published research regarding the interview portion of the CSE, so if you've found any, please let me know in the comments! There is a nice example [...]