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Learn more about swallowing difficulties by reading these patient care guides.

  • Do I Have a Swallowing Problem?
    Learn about the symptoms of swallowing problems, their causes, and complications.
  • What Is a Clinical Swallow Evaluation?
    A clinical swallow evaluation is often the first step to determining the cause and treatment for a swallowing problem.
  • Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program
    A pediatric feeding disorder refers to a condition in which an infant or child fails to consume enough nutrients to promote growth.
  • Compensatory Swallowing Techniques
    Compensatory strategies are often used with rehabilitative treatments are ways to make swallowing safer and easier.
  • Rehabilitative Swallowing Exercises
    Rehabilitation techniques and exercises can be used to improve swallowing and speech functions.
  • Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing
    Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) can be used to evaluate swallowing function.
  • Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing with Sensory Testing
    Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing with sensory testing is used to test feeling sensations in the throat.
  • Videofluoroscopic Swallow Evaluation (VFSE)
    Videofluoroscopic swallow evaluation (VFSE) is a swallowing evaluation that uses x-rays to track how food travels in the throat.
  • Swallow Center Glossary
    Learn terms associated with swallowing and procedures at the Swallow Center.
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Updated: Nov. 3, 2011
Published: Aug. 4, 2009
URL: http://www.dukehealth.org/services/speech_and_audiology/care_guides/swallow_center/index