Traditionally, speech language pathologists and other healthcare providers have utilized “dysphagia diets” to compensate for impairments in swallow function. We reduce the texture of the food to compensate for difficulty with oral management and mastication…
Don’t shake hands or touch each other.Keep six feet between yourself and other people.Be sure to wear a mask (and gown and gloves and goggles) in patient rooms.Minimize social contact.It’s hard to imagine a situation…
“What’s the safest diet for this patient?”As dysphagia clinicians, we’re asked this a lot. Physicians, nurses, and family members all want to do what’s best, and preventing aspiration with diet changes seems like a straightforward solution…
We’ve come a long way in our treatment of people with swallowing disorders. The evidence base for the exercises, compensatory strategies, and dietary modifications we prescribe grows every year.But poor client adherence is still a…
Clinicians are constantly bombarded with information. Journals, blogs, websites, and fellow clinicians all provide us with suggestions for therapy interventions. With all this information, it becomes difficult to sort out and identify the most appropriate, impairment-based…
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