...James A. Curtis; Anaïs Rameau; Christine M. Clark; Mel Grasso; Brandon Jagdhar; Valentina Mocchetti Introduction: Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) is a procedure used widely to assess pharyngeal residue, penetration, and aspiration in people with dysphagia. While the types...

... dysphagia and aspiration in the early period after stroke onset. In the original validation study, cutoff scores of <178 and <170 points, respectively, for the identification of dysphagia and aspiration risk are reported. However, a literature search revealed that alternative cutoff scores...

...Aliaa Sabry; Tamer Abou-Elsaad Introduction: Pharyngeal residue, defined as the material remaining in the pharynx post-swallow, is a sign of swallowing biomechanical impairment and a clinical predictor of aspiration. This study investigates the correlation between pharyngeal residue severity using...

...Iris Krebbers; Sorina R. Simon; Walmari Pilz; Bernd Kremer; Bjorn Winkens; Laura W.J. Baijens Objective: Affective symptoms are common in patients with head-and-neck cancer. This study determined the association between the presence of aspiration and symptoms of anxiety and depression, as well...

...Hanjun Liu; Manwa L. Ng; Mingxi Wan; Supin Wang; Yi Zhang The ability of Mandarin esophageal speakers to distinguish between aspirated and unaspirated stops, and to distinguish between different places of articulation of stops were examined. Aspirated and unaspirated voiceless stops produced...

... at a very early stage and in critically ill patients, is not invasive and frequently repeatable. Several authors described the high sensitivity and specificity of this method in detecting the presence of the most important symptoms of swallowing dysfunction: retention, penetration and aspiration. In our...