Purpose: It is essential that clinicians have evidence-based benchmarks to support accurate
diagnosis and clinical decision making. Recent studies report poor reliability for diagnostic …

Purpose: Standardization and transparency are essential components for enhancing an
assessment's objectivity and reproducibility. Currently, it is up to the individual clinician to …

Abstract Dysphagia in People with Parkinson's Disease (PWPD) is expected to occur in most
individuals. The manifestation of dysphagia and its salient swallow dysfunction …

Objective The pharyngeal phase of swallowing involves a coordinated sequence of events.
Event durations may be prolonged in people with Parkinson disease (PwPD), and …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility for quantifying changes in
oropharyngeal swallowing impairment in response to alteration in bolus viscosity using a …

Objectives To determine the immediate (compensatory) and longer term (rehabilitative)
effect of the effortful swallow (ES) maneuver on physiological swallowing parameters in …

Purpose: In this article, we illustrate use of a systematic approach to rating videofluoroscopic
swallowing studies (VFSS), the Analysis of Swallowing Physiology: Events, Kinematics and …

Background Although reduced lingual strength is a confirmed early manifestation of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), its functional impact on swallowing remains unclear. We …

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, with hallmark
symptomology typically consisting of tremor, bradykinesia, and rigidity. Though the classic …

Abstract Open Partial Horizontal Laryngectomy (OPHL) Type IIa surgery is a conservative
surgical technique used in the treatment of laryngeal carcinomas. In this pilot study, we …