Abstract The Eating Assessment Tool-10 (EAT-10) is used worldwide to screen people
quickly and easily at high risk for swallowing disorders. However, the best EAT-10 cutoff …

Dysphagia is associated with aspiration, pneumonia, and malnutrition, but remains
challenging to identify at the bedside. A variety of exam protocols and maneuvers are …

Purpose The modified barium swallow study (MBSS) is a widely used videofluoroscopic
evaluation of the functional anatomy and physiology of swallowing that permits visualization …

Objective To test a novel intervention to train swallowing to occur in the midexpiratory to low
expiratory phase of quiet breathing to improve swallowing safety and efficiency. Design …

Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) have fulfilled primary roles in the evaluation and
management of children with feeding/swallowing disorders for more than five decades. The …

OBJECTIVE. The purposes of this article are to review the anatomy of the upper
gastrointestinal tract; review techniques and contrast agents used in the fluoroscopic …

Background: Cervical auscultation with high resolution sensors is currently under
consideration as a method of automatically screening for specific swallowing abnormalities …

Reducing fluoroscopic pulse rate, a method used to reduce radiation exposure from
modified barium swallow studies (MBSSs), decreases the number of images available from …

Objectives To determine if any presenting symptoms are associated with aspiration risk, and
to evaluate the reliability of clinical feeding evaluation (CFE) in diagnosing aspiration …

Hyoid bone movement is an important physiological event during swallowing that
contributes to normal swallowing function. In order to determine the adequate hyoid bone …