Clinical implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) tools is a healthcare priority. The
Dynamic Grade of Swallowing Toxicity (DIGEST) is an EBP tool developed in 2016 for …

Background A delayed or absent swallow reflex is common in dysphagia and can have a
significant impact on swallow safety. Recent clinical practice survey data have supported the …

Dysphagia affects individuals across all ages and has pervasive and potentially life-
threatening consequences. Individuals with dysphagia are assessed and treated by speech …

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Intensive Dysphagia Treatment program serves a
critical role in facilitating improvements to quality of care, standardization of outcomes, and …

Background Cervical auscultation (ie listening to swallowing sounds) is the most commonly
used technique in adjuvant to the clinical feeding examination by speech‐language …

Abstract Purpose: Delegation to Allied Health Assistants (AHAs) is an effective workforce
solution in a number of areas of adult speech-language pathology (SLP) practice. However …

Background Studies related to tube feeding in people with dementia (PWD) remain a
contested topic, neglecting the importance of speech-language therapists'(SLTs) role in …

Purpose Three facilities, involved in introducing a model of Allied Health Assistant (AHA)
delegated dysphagia screening, examined barriers and facilitators to service …

Aim To agree wording of level descriptors for a measure of functional outcome of children's
eating and drinking. Method An online, modified Delphi method was used to gather …

Background The free water protocol (FWP) is an alternate management strategy for patients
with dysphagia, who would otherwise be nil by mouth or prescribed thickened fluids …