Importance Awareness of swallowing dysfunction in the pediatric population is growing. As
many as 50% of parents report that their otherwise healthy children have a feeding problem.
Dysphagia is increasingly common in the pediatric population, especially as advances in
health care improve the survival of extremely premature infants and children with complex
congenital anomalies. Symptoms of dysphagia and aspiration prompt referral to
otolaryngologists. Observations Dysfunction can exist at any of the 4 phases of the …