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Development of a Protocol: Why You Need More Than Just an Isolated 3-Ounce Water Swallow Challenge

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Drinking 3 ounces of water in isolation will not provide the clinician with enough information to make an informed and appropriate decision about aspiration risk status and diet recommendations. A brief cognitive assessment comprised of answering orientation questions and following single-step verbal commands provided information on prediction of odds of aspiration risk for liquid and puree food consistencies as well as overall eating status. An oral mechanism examination provided new and clinically relevant information for lingual range of motion and facial symmetry specifically when incomplete the clinician should be alerted to potential increased odds of aspiration risk.

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  1. Section of Otolaryngology Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Steven B. Leder

  2. VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN, USA

    Debra M. Suiter

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Leder, S.B., Suiter, D.M. (2014). Development of a Protocol: Why You Need More Than Just an Isolated 3-Ounce Water Swallow Challenge. In: The Yale Swallow Protocol. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05113-0_5

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