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The Dysphagia Outcome Severity Scale (DOSS)

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.

The Dysphagia Outcome Severity Scale (DOSS) is a scale studied and created at Hartford Hospital to systematically improve functional rating severity of dysphagia following an objective swallowing evaluation. This resource provides information regarding the scale and how to determine which level accurately describes a person’s swallowing function.

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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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