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Lingual Strengthening: History & Rationale

by Karen Sheffler | Feb 27, 2019 | Dysphagia Management, dysphagia treatment, Lingual strengthening, Tongue exercises

Lingual Strengthening: History & Rationale By Amanda Warren, MS, CCC-SLP (guest blogger) and Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Mouth stretches, wagging the tongue back and forth, posterior consonants (like “ga”), blowing bubbles or blowing up... Read More

4 Facts on Jell-O, Jelly Cups, & Dysphagia Training Jelly

by Karen Sheffler | Oct 8, 2018 | Dysphagia Management, dysphagia treatment, IDDSI, Postural Strategies, Transitional Foods

Jelly & Jell-O Surprise: Jell-O, Jelly Cups, Dysphagia Training Jelly (Transitional Foods Blog Part 3 of 3) By Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com with special contributions by Mari Kato-Nakao, MD, MA, (PhD candidate) on Japanese Dysphagia... Read More

Cotton Candy Therapy? Transitional Foods & Dysphagia Treatment

by Karen Sheffler | Aug 16, 2018 | dysphagia diet, Dysphagia Management, dysphagia treatment, IDDSI, Patient Safety

Cotton Candy Therapy? Transitional Foods as Potential Dysphagia Treatments By Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Got your attention with the cotton candy, didn’t I? Imagine wandering through your town’s summer festival sucking that sickly-sweet... Read More

Dysphagia Digest (Part 3): What is in Your Dysphagia Toolbox?

by Karen Sheffler | Jun 6, 2018 | #DRS2018, Advocacy, Conference Session Reviews, Dysphagia Evaluation, Dysphagia Management, Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES), High-Resolution Manometry

Truth is Stranger than Fiction – What is in Your Dysphagia Toolbox? (Part 3) By guest blogger: Amanda Warren, MS, CCC-SLP Edited by Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Thanks for reading Part 1 and Part 2 of our of our Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction... Read More

DRS Dysphagia Digest 2018 (Part 2)

by Karen Sheffler | May 8, 2018 | #DRS2018, Aging and Swallowing, Dysphagia Evaluation, Dysphagia Management, dysphagia treatment, Esophageal Dysphagia

Truth is Stranger than Fiction – in the Latest Dysphagia Research (Part 2) By guest blogger: Amanda Warren, MS, CCC-SLP Edited by Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Thanks for reading part 1 of our Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction series. You’ve... Read More

HOPE for Dysphagia: Got Your Speech-Language Pathologist?

by Karen Sheffler | Feb 27, 2018 | About swallowing specialists, Advocacy, Aspiration Pneumonia Prevention, Dysphagia Evaluation, Dysphagia in the ICU, Dysphagia Management

Hope for Dysphagia: Got a Speech-Language Pathologist on Your Multidisciplinary Dysphagia Team? By Karen M. Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com This blog is in response to an article published by the Washington Post on February 25, 2018 in the Health... Read More