Image from:http://thecollaboratory.wdfiles.com/local--files/philosophy-of-thought-and-logic-2011-2012/critical_thinking_skills.jpg ... Northern Speech Services has a new course called: Evidence-Based Practice In Adult Dysphagia Management: What The Evidence Says About Commonly Selected Rehabilitation Interventions. This is a webinar by Ianessa Humbert, Catriona Steele and Phoebe Macrae. I took this course over the weekend. It was GREAT! It starts with approximately 35 minutes of [...]
Tag: Dysphagia Rehabilitation
Carbonated Beverages
Carbonated Beverages Carbonated beverages have hit the dysphagia world by storm. Much of the recent dysphagia research has focused on the sensory portion of the swallow and how sensory drives the swallowing process. Part of the sensory process is carbonated beverages. One of the common misconceptions at this time is that carbonated beverages act as [...]
Course Alert-Head and Neck Cancer
Northern Speech Services is offering a new course on head and neck cancer entitled: Head and Neck Cancer Across the Continuum of Care: Addressing Swallowing Challenges. The course is taught by Paula Sullivan who is an expert in dysphagia in the cancer population. Per the NSS website: This comprehensive online course will provide the participant [...]
The Patient Exercising Their Right to Choose (Formerly The Non Compliant Patient)
EDIT 1/4/17. Due to a recent Facebook post, I wanted to change some wording on this post. As with all areas of dysphagia, I continue to grow, learn and change my beliefs, mainly because of the patients I serve. Although my belief stands that those patients who do not follow my recommendation continue to require [...]
Swallowing Exercise Aid (SEA)
I saw a tweet about this new Swallowing Exercise Aid yesterday. I was extremely curious and decided to check out the article. We've had some new research come out on the Chin Tuck Against Resistance (CTAR) and Jaw Opening Against Resistance (JOAR) as well as Isometric Progress Resistive Oropharyngeal Therapy (IPRO). The common theme here [...]
Swallowing and Dysphagia Rehabilitation: Translating Principles of Neural Plasticity into Clinically Oriented Evidence
I'm back to the research! I took a brief break last month. Since I was covering 3 buildings and transitioning into the school system, I thought blogging about research might be pushing the limits a bit. Not to mention creating slides for a presentation in Montana. In looking into creating some new slides for a [...]