dysphagia

Dysphagia management can be divided into _____

• compensation strategies

• rehabilitation strategies

• prevention strategies

• all of the above

compensation strategies include adjustments to ^______

• posture, food, patients

• posture only

• food texture

• patient only

compensation strategies change swallowing physiology

• true

• false

Name few patient characteristics when deciding whether to initiate swallowing therapy

Indirect therapy includes giving the food orally

• true

• false

Name any postural techniques

candidacy for chin-down postural technique

• delay in triggering the pharyngeal swallow,

• reduced tongue base retraction

• reduced airway entrance closure.

• all of the above

head rotation is used in patients with______

• unilateral pharyngeal wall impairment

• unilateral vocal fold weakness

• reduced tongue control.

• both a and b

head tilt is done by asking the patient to tilt his head to the better side

• true

• false

thermal tactile stimulation is done to