The clinical evaluation: A necessary tool for the dysphagia sleuth

JL Coyle - Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders …, 2015 - ASHA
There is controversy about the necessity of clinical (bedside) swallowing examinations.
Some argue that screening provides enough information to thoroughly manage a case. In …

Elucidating inconsistencies in dysphagia diagnostics: Redefining normal

EK Plowman, IA Humbert - International Journal of Speech …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Speech–language pathologists (SLPs) are the primary healthcare providers responsible for
the evaluation and treatment of dysphagia. Fundamental to this role is the ability to make …

Food for thought: Importance of a clinical exam/cranial nerve assessment

G Carnaby - Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders …, 2012 - ASHA
The clinical dysphagia examination is the mainstay of evaluation methods for the working
speech-language pathologist (SLP). It is cheap, accessible, simple to deliver, and consumes …

Clinical swallow evaluation

SJ Goodrich, AI Walker - Dysphagia assessment and treatment …, 2014 - books.google.com
“Screening” tests related to dysphagia should be differentiated from standard clinical
evaluations. As the term implies, a swallowing “screen” is performed, often at bedside, to …

Food for thought: the esophagus, to screen or not to screen… that is the question, the responsibility, and liability

C Easterling - Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders …, 2012 - ASHA
Our professional American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) guidelines state,
if a speech-language pathologist suspects on the basis of the clinical history that there may …

Creating a swallow screening program at Mass General Hospital: a model for development and implementation

AK Cohen - Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders …, 2009 - ASHA
Abstract The Massachusetts General Hospital-Swallow Screening Tool (MGH-SST) is a two-
part dysphagia screening tool for use by trained staff working with acute neuroscience …

Swallowing screening: Purposefully different from an assessment sensitivity and specificity related to clinical yield, interprofessional roles, and patient selection

DM Suiter, SK Daniels, JM Barkmeier-Kraemer… - American Journal of …, 2020 - ASHA
Purpose The purpose of this clinical focus article is to summarize the goal and process by
which identification of individuals at risk for having feeding problems or dysphagia is …

Dysphagia screening: challenges and controversies

D Suiter - Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2018 - ASHA
The topic of dysphagia screening has garnered substantial attention in the research
literature, in conference proceedings, and on various professional forums, including the SIG …

Dysphagia evaluation practices: inconsistencies in clinical assessment and instrumental examination decision-making

BA Mathers–Schmidt, M Kurlinski - Dysphagia, 2003 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to determine the nature of swallowing evaluation practices in
western Washington, specifically in terms of (a) components of the clinical examination most …

A survey of clinician decision making when identifying swallowing impairments and determining treatment

AK Vose, S Kesneck, K Sunday, E Plowman… - Journal of Speech …, 2018 - ASHA
Purpose Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are the primary providers of dysphagia
management; however, this role has been criticized with assertions that SLPs are …