This book introduces background information and procedural overviews needed to assess
swallowing disorders in adults in addition to offering detailed protocols for administering the …

Abstract This White Paper by the European Society for Swallowing Disorders (ESSD) reports
on the current state of screening and non-instrumental assessment for dysphagia in adults …

Difficulty in swallowing, clinically termed dysphagia, profoundly affects the quality of life for
millions worldwide, presenting challenges in various stages of the swallowing process. From …

Do We Have Valid and Reliable Means of Quantifying Severity of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia?
: Moving toward standardization: Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia) …

Difficulty with swallowing, also known as dysphagia, is a common condition. The prevalence
of dysphagia ranges from 16 to 22%[1, 2]. Dysphagia in adults could be due to a number of …

Purpose Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are the primary providers of dysphagia
management; however, this role has been criticized with assertions that SLPs are …

Purpose To identify how speech‐language pathologists (SLPs) in the United States are
screening for and identifying dysphagia. To do this, we examined the approaches most often …

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 …

Purpose: To perform a systematic review of screening instruments for dysphagia available in
the literature. Methods: For the selection of studies, the following descriptors were used:" …

The assessment of dysphagia occurs along a continuum from screening to instrumental
evaluation. What is considered a screening varies widely from a specific procedure to a …