Adult Swallowing Disorders: Focus on Quality of Life

Dysphagia: An Overview

“…Speech therapy rehabilitation, in turn, seeks to rehabilitate patients with dysphagia through postural maneuvers of the head, oral sensory motor stimulation, training of oral control, cold thermal stimulation, multiple swallowing, stress swallowing, use of a speech valve, appropriation of bottle nipple models for children, changes in the consistency and volume of the bolus, etc. 2, 9 Santoro 10 reported 15 years ago that the number of dysphagic individuals was increasing as a result of the population's increased life expectancy and the clinical conditions that correspond with swallowing disorders.…”

“…Speech therapy rehabilitation, in turn, seeks to rehabilitate patients with dysphagia through postural maneuvers of the head, oral sensory motor stimulation, training of oral control, cold thermal stimulation, multiple swallowing, stress swallowing, use of a speech valve, appropriation of bottle nipple models for children, changes in the consistency and volume of the bolus, etc. 2 9 …”