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Transform Dysphagia Care: Thrive with 8 Tips on Person-Centered Care

by Karen Sheffler | Jun 30, 2026 | Advocacy, Aging and Swallowing, Caregiver Resources, Dysphagia Diets, Dysphagia Management, dysphagia treatment, End-of-Life Decision Making, Ethics and Evidence-Based Practice, Oral infection control, Person-Centered Care

Transform Dysphagia Care: Thrive with 8 Tips on Person-Centered Care By Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Introduction to Person-Centered Care If you or a loved one has recently been diagnosed with a swallowing disorder (dysphagia), the first... Read More

Hidden Struggle: 7 Updates in Head and Neck Cancer

by Karen Sheffler | Jun 24, 2026 | #DysphagiaAwareness, Advocacy, Aspiration Pneumonia Prevention, Caregiver Resources, Dysphagia Awareness Month, Dysphagia Evaluation, Dysphagia Management, dysphagia treatment, Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES), Head and Neck Cancer, IDDSI, Innovation in Dysphagia, quality of life measures for swallowing, Radiation Risks, Radiation-associated dysphagia, Resources, Tube Feeding, Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study (VFSS/MBSS)

Hidden Struggle: 7 Updates in Dysphagia from Head and Neck Cancer By Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Introduction to Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer June is Dysphagia Awareness Month, and we continue to uncover challenges that people... Read More

Overcome Post-Bariatric Surgery Dysphagia

by Guest Writer and Collaborator | Nov 12, 2025 | About swallowing specialists, Aspiration Pneumonia Prevention, Dysphagia Diets, Dysphagia Evaluation, Dysphagia Management, Esophageal Dysphagia, Evidence-Based Practice, High-Resolution Manometry, IDDSI, Patient Safety, Post-Bariatric Surgery, Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study (VFSS/MBSS)

Dysphagia After Bariatric Surgery: Tackling Complications Through IDDSI Integration and SLP Care By: Dr. Kevin Huffman, D.O., Board Certified Bariatric Physician; Co-author & Editor: Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Introduction to Bariatric... Read More

3 Oral Health Updates & Actions

by Karen Sheffler | Apr 9, 2025 | #DysphagiaAwareness, Advocacy, Aspiration Pneumonia Prevention, aspiration precautions, Conference Session Reviews, Dysphagia Management, Dysphagia Research Society 2025, Oral Care and Aspiration Pneumonia, Oral hygiene, Oral Hygiene and Aspiration Pneumonia, Oral infection control

Oral Health: 3 International Updates & Actions by Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S inspired by the Dysphagia Research Society (DRS) Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA & the session on March 28, 2025 titled: “Raising the Profile of Dysphagia on the... Read More

Take the RAD out of Radiation! Radiation-Associated Dysphagia

by Guest Writer | Apr 17, 2024 | Head and Neck Cancer, #DysphagiaAwareness, Advocacy, Dysphagia Evaluation, Dysphagia Management, HPV, Radiation-associated dysphagia

Take the RAD out of Radiation-Associated Dysphagia (RAD): What We Know About Acute through Late Effects of Chemoradiation By Allison Bartholow, MS, MS, CCC-SLP & Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com April is Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month... Read More

Dysphagia Digest: Why DRS?

by Karen Sheffler | Apr 4, 2024 | Sensation, Collaboration in Dysphagia, Conference Session Reviews, Continuing Education, DRS2024, Dysphagia Evaluation, Dysphagia Management, Evidence-Based Practice, Innovation in Dysphagia

DRS Digest 2024: Why DRS by Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Introduction to Why DRS Almost 400 people gathered in San Juan Puerto Rico this March from 22 different countries across and many different disciplines (e.g., basic scientists,... Read More