OBJECTIVE To determine the occurrence of clinical signs of dysphagia in infants with acute viral bronchiolitis, to compare the respiratory parameters during deglutition, and to ensure the intra- and inter- examiners agreement, as well as to accomplish intra and interexaminators concordance of the clinical evaluation of the deglutition. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of 42 infants ag...

PART II: ACQUIRED BRAIN-BASED COMMUNICATION DISORDERS: WHAT DO THESE DISORDERS LOOK LIKE AND SOUND LIKE? 4 Aphasia 81 5 Nonfocal Brain Damage: Communication Disorders and a World 101 of Other Problems 6 Right Hemisphere Syndrome 125 7 Acquired Aphasia in Childhood 151 8 Motor Speech Disorders in Adults: Dysarthrias and Apraxia of Speech 165 9 Motor Speech Disorders in Childhood 187 10 Acquired ...

RATIONALE Malnutrition and aspiration are major problems in patients with neuromuscular disease. Because impaired swallowing contributes to malnutrition, means of improving swallowing are needed. OBJECTIVES To investigate interactions between breathing and swallowing in neuromuscular disorders and to evaluate the impact of mechanical ventilation (MV) on swallowing in tracheostomized patients....

The recent application of neurostimulation techniques to enhance the understanding of swallowing neural plasticity has expanded the focus of rehabilitation research from manipulation of swallowing biomechanics to manipulation of underlying neural systems. Neuromodulatory strategies that promote the brain's ability to reorganize its neural connections have been shown to hold promising potential ...

BACKGROUND Hyperbilirubinemia (HB) occurs in 90% of preterm newborns. HB induces acute neurological disorders (somnolence, abnormal tone, feeding difficulties, auditory dysfunction) and alterations in respiratory control. These findings suggest brainstem neurotoxicity that could also affect swallowing centers. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that HB impairs nutritive swallowing (NS) and swal...

background: oropharyngeal dysphagia following stroke enhances the risk of dehydration, malnutrition, aspiration  pneumonia, persistent disablement, and even death. screening of dysphagia has been shown to positively change health outcomes. the aim of the present study was to systematically introduce the published swallowing screening methods in patients with stroke and  their appropriateness fo...