Treatment

What to Stop Doing in Assessment and Treatment of Dysphagia
There are parts of assessment and treatment that have been a part of the dysphagia world for years.
sEMG Synchrony Device
sEMG to help you “see” the swallow.

CTAR (Chin Tuck Against Resistance)

Exercise

Food Chaining

Lingual Strengthening Using Resistance

NSOMES-To Use Them or Not to Use Them....That is the Debate

PhagiaFlex

Pudding and a Straw

Respiratory Muscle Strength Training

The McNeill Dysphagia Therapy Program (MDTP)

The SLP and the Dining Room

To Tuck or Not to Tuck

We Can't Treat What We Don't Know
The moral of the story is you don’t know what is happening inside the oral cavity or pharynx once the mouth is closed without an instrumental assessment.

Standardizing Dysphagia Assessment and Treatment