University College Dublin researchers have developed a robotic model of the human esophagus, transforming how swallowing ...

Swallowing difficulty serves as a significant predictor of frailty progression in older adults, according to new research following nearly 800 community-dwelling Japanese seniors over two years. The ...

Animation of a modified barium swallow study, from Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Normal_barium_swallow_animation.gif Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

More than half a million children are diagnosed with swallowing problems each year. The gold standard for diagnosing swallowing problems is the videofluoroscopic swallow study, also known as the ...

Children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare autosomal recessive disease that results in progressive muscle weakness and atrophy, can suffer the concerning consequences of dysphagia, which ...

"Given the significant potential for impaired quality of life and complications related to speech and swallow dysfunction in this population . . . it’s reasonable that language pathology examination ...