Abstract Background and Purpose Post-stroke dysphagia affects almost half of the survivors
and severely influences quality of life, thus becoming swallowing rehabilitation of paramount …

The effortful swallowing technique aims to compensate for or rehabilitate impaired
swallowing by using maximal volitional effort to behaviorally modify aspects of swallowing …

Purpose This study aimed to investigate the effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve
stimulation (TENS) associated with vocal therapy in women with behavioral dysphonia …

Mindless eating, or the lack of awareness of the food we are consuming, has been linked to
health problems attributed to unhealthy eating behaviour, including obesity. Traditional …

Swallowing is a vital function that serves to safely transport food and fluid to the stomach,
while simultaneously protecting our airways. Evaluation of swallowing is important for the …

A treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (“OSA”) of a user includes affixing a patch externally
on a dermis of the user, the patch including a flexible substrate, an adhesive on a first side …

BACKGROUND: Down syndrome is a chromosome 21 disorder and the most common
cause of physical abnormalities including midface hypoplasia, facial hypotonia, and also …

Talkers with communication disorders may experience breakdowns in the forward flow of
speech that lead to disfluencies, pauses, hesitations, and errors. These communication …

Quisiera expresar mi más sincero agradecimiento a mi director de tesis, el Dr. Vicent Rosell
Clari, por depositar su confianza en mí, por su paciencia en las explicaciones, su …

If you have a swallowing disorder (dysphagia), you may have seen a speech-language
pathologist (SLP). The SLP may have given you some exercises to complete in the clinic …