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Disorders of the Oral Stage of Swallowing

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides a table of disorders that may be observed during the oral stage of swallowing during a bedside swallow evaluation or objective swallowing evaluation and the cause behind those observations.
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Differential Diagnosis: Presbyphagia

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout is for SLPs performing differential diagnosis assessments for disease-related swallow impairments vs age-related swallow impairments. The handout describes the oral and motor symptomatic differences for accurate differential diagnosis.
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Cranial Nerve Screening

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides a review of cranial nerves, their primary functions, red flags, or warning signs that you might observe, and quick screens to rule out cranial nerve involvement. If any concerns are noted during screening, a more comprehensive cranial nerve evaluation is warranted.
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Considerations and Strategies for Caregiver Assisted Feeding

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Providing feeding assistance may seem like a simple task, but there are many considerations to follow, so the person swallows safely. This handout will explain the considerations and strategies to make mealtime an enjoyable experience for the person receiving feeding assistance.
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Considerations and Contraindications for Tracheostomy Weaning

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
The decision to begin the tracheostomy weaning process is a complicated decision for the speech pathologist and the medical team. This handout provides a clinical judgement decision tree considerations, contraindications, and a guideline for the stages of the trach weaning process.
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Difficulty Swallowing

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Many patients diagnosed with COPD struggle with swallowing. This is frequently related to the coordination of respiration and swallowing. This handout outlines what COPD is and how it affects swallowing. It includes several strategies for patients to try that are aimed at improving this coordination and reducing signs/symptoms of dysphagia.
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Consistency Testing Methods for IDDSI Levels

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
The IDDSI website provides a lot of helpful information for standardizing the testing of consistencies for solids and liquids; however, it can be overwhelming to locate all of the information needed for a full understanding. This resource provides all of the information required to understand each type of test, which test is appropriate for each level, and what the test should reveal in one easy-to-read chart. This can be used by dietary, nursing staff, speech-language pathologists, or other staff members or caregivers to determine if a person is being provided the correct recommended consistency.
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Bedside Swallow Eval Scheduled

December 21, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This HIPAA-friendly note is designed to be folded in half (for display in their room) and personalized with the name of their SLP and the date/time of their bedside evaluation.
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Aspiration Precautions Communication Form

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This form is designed for speech-language pathologists in medical settings needing to communicate aspiration precautions to nursing, physician, therapy, and kitchen staff.
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Aerosol Generating Procedures: A Resource for SLPs

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many changes for how speech-language pathologists approach our daily evaluations and treatments with individuals with dysphagia and voice treatment. This handout is a resource to give more guidance for how to safely treat aerosol-generating procedures to reduce the risk for infections for providers.
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