By: Karen Sheffler
Elastic Therapeutic Taping with Kinesio® Tape: An Adjunct Modality for the SLP by Guest Bloggers for SwallowStudy.com: Judith Macias-Harris, M.S., CCC-SLP/BSLP/CKTI Elizabeth G Harvey, DPT, MSR, CKTP ******* SwallowStudy.com Disclosures: Financial Disclosure:...
The Proof is In the Pudding: A Tribute to Steven Leder's Contributions to FEES & 20 Reasons to choose FEES by Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com *** This is an excerpt from the blog I wrote for SDX Dysphagia Experts for their Food 4...
Pneumonia Alphabet Soup: Reworking the Recipe by Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com CAP, HAP, NHAP, HCAP, VAP, DAP, NDAP… Do these all mean pneumonia? Imagine a bowl of alphabet soup with all these letters floating on the surface. What about the...
The Saliva Puzzle: Saliva Production & Its Influence on Swallowing Guest Authors: Joanne Yee, MS, CF-SLP & Nicole Rogus-Pulia, PhD., CCC-SLP Editor: Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Aspiration pneumonia (AP) is one of the leading causes...
A tribute to Steven Leder, PhD, CCC-SLP Aspiration can mean "a strong desire to achieve something high or great," per Merriam-Webster, or "a hope or ambition of achieving something," per Google. Steven Leder, PhD, CCC-SLP achieved greatness. The phrases in the picture...
8 Swallowing Tips for Survivors of Head and Neck Cancer by Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Speech-Language Pathologists provide "life-altering" evaluations and treatments, according to The American Speech & Hearing Association (ASHA) in...
Good Dysphagia Evaluation Guides Treatment (Part 2) by Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, of SwallowStudy.com ******* This is Part 2 of a two-part series focusing on the dysphagia evaluation process. I originally created the blog for MedbridgeEducation.com. I’ve...
“The future is bright,” stated Dr James Beck, PhD, Vice President of Scientific Affairs at the Parkinson's Disease Foundation (www.Parkinson.org) in a Parkinson.org article about what was new in Parkinson's research. Beck shared his excitement about the latest...
The field of dysphagia is young, and every year the Dysphagia Research Society's (DRS) Annual Meeting and Post-Graduate Course provide a wealth of exciting new research. You may be following #DRS2016 on Twitter (scroll past the Dr Seuss day tweets using our hashtag)....
Drug-Induced Dysphagia Resources & Tips by Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Difficulty swallowing can be caused directly by a medication or as an indirect consequence of the side effects. Side effects can be from one medications, combinations...