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Tips for Enhancing Mealtime Success2 comments

jlhede wrote 4 days ago: I have stated before that I work as a speech-language pathologist in long-term care facilities, in t … more →

Tags: caregivers, Dining, Safety, strategies, dysphagia, dementia, Strategies, dining, caregivers

Honoring Our Speech Language Pathologists

Kindred Healthcare wrote 1 week ago: Each May, we recognize Better Hearing and Speech Month to honor and thank the speech language pathol … more →

Tags: Career, Rehabilitation, speech and language pathology, Aphasia, Better Hearing and Speech Month, rehab, RehabCare, rehabilitation, SLP

Eat Like Us Challenge--May 24th

Christyna wrote 1 week ago: Welcome to The 5th Annual Eat Like Us For A Day Challenge! This is an event to raise awareness about … more →

Tags: Newsworthy, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, adult eosinophilic esophagitis, elimination diet, Challenge, Annual Eat Like Us For A Day Challenge

swallow - a documentary

myositisco wrote 1 week ago:   Beautiful video about dysphagia. Just beautiful. … more →

Tags: videos

Alert and Oriented: Four Opportunities to Recharge the Clinical Battery2 comments

dysphagiacafe wrote 1 week ago: For the most part, it is standardized and methodical. It is often the odd introduction into a clinic … more →

Tags: alert, Clinical Swallow Evaluation, oriented, Rapport

National Eosinophil Awareness Week Coming up Soon

Christyna wrote 1 week ago:   Next week is the start of the National Eosinophil Awareness Week. Visit the website for more … more →

Tags: Newsworthy, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, adult eosinophilic esophagitis, Diet, Awareness

Aspiration Precautions: Navigating the Half-Pike-Triple Lutz With a 3.25 Degree of Difficulty

dysphagiacafe wrote 2 weeks ago:     You’ve just finished that clinical swallow evaluation, VFSS or FEES exam. You are feel … more →

Tags: aspiration, Compliance

To G-Tube or Not to G-Tube, That is the Question2 comments

specialneedsrealitytv wrote 2 weeks ago: To G-Tube or Not to G-Tube: That is the Question   Darling Boy has a  mild cold and he’s been coughi … more →

Tags: G-tubes, g-tube awareness, Muscular Dystrophy, neurological disorders, Nutrition

Swallow: A Documentary1 comment

Ayah wrote 3 weeks ago: My sister recently sent me this short documentary about dysphagia which was produced by the National … more →

Tags: Special Needs, Adventures in Eating, National Foundation for Swallowing Disorders

Cinco de Mayo Tips & Refried Beans Recipe by Katrina Campos

Shaina wrote 3 weeks ago: My good friend Katrina, a fellow student SLP, wrote this guest post to share one of her family recip … more →

Tags: General, Dining out, Home cooking, Holidays, Home, cooking, purée, mechanical soft, Mexican

RoboDoc- Will computers replace human doctors?

Sci-Fi or Sci-Fact? wrote 3 weeks ago: The computer will see you now… the cancer prediction software that’s better than a docto … more →

Tags: Cancer, Independent, lung cancer, Oncology, prediction

Rehabilitate Not Compensate: Piecing Together a Different Puzzle for Dysphagia Clinicians4 comments

dysphagiacafe wrote 3 weeks ago: I have been on a kick lately. You know those kicks that come after you reboot at a stimulating confe … more →

Tags: Speech Language Pathology

Images

Christyna wrote 4 weeks ago: So I was trolling the internet, looking for a piece of clip art I could use to brighten up my blog. … more →

Tags: musings, Humor, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, adult eosinophilic esophagitis, cranky

FOUR Weeks!1 comment

mwrarr wrote 1 month ago: April 24, 2013 – Wednesday *4 weeks, post-op Today, I am supposed to be transitioning to my … more →

Tags: Diet/Food, recovery, Stage 4 Diet, adding foods, Bariatric Surgery, Contemplation 2, Frank, Gastrectomy, Post-Op

ESOPHAGUS : PART 1 ( LES , DYSPHAGIA AND ACHALASIA)2 comments

Dr Sujeet Kumar wrote 1 month ago: LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER = LES The tone of LES is under neural control. Vagal endings by releasing … more →

Tags: Physiology, Surgery, achalasia, lower esophageal sphincter, Chagas Disease, esophageal manometry, esophagus, Surgery MCQ

Odynophagia to the tenth degree : )

dysphagiacafe wrote 1 month ago: Next time you think to assume that a patient’s complaint about a burning sensation in the chest or d … more →

Tags: odynophagia, globus

Chug-a-lug Swallow Screen?4 comments

dysphagiacafe wrote 1 month ago: Chug-a-Lug Swallow Screen? Like and Share if you are a fan of the 3 oz Water Swallow Test. Reference … more →

Tags: Clinical Swallow Evaluation

Small Cap News: Significant Unmet Medical Need for Treatment of Patients with Chronic Pain with Dysphagia (CPD)

carleenmori wrote 1 month ago: … more →

Tags: Everything, CPD, CAP, chronic, Medical, NEED, News, Pain, patients

See you at the Dysphagia Cafe!

dysphagiacafe wrote 1 month ago:   Dysphagia Cafe is a place for clinicians to gather, share, like, join and check-in to collabo … more →

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