Abstract:Purpose
Recently, there has been increased emphasis in the dysphagia literature on what constitutes the “normal” swallow, including rates of aspiration and penetration in healthy persons across the age ranges. Since a majority of the normed-based studies utilized videofluoroscopy and were conducted in a tightly controlled environment, there is a need to increase the ecological validity of this body of research and investigate the swallow during functional, day-to-day activities. The aim of this stu… Show more
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