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Take the RAD out of Radiation! Radiation-Associated Dysphagia (RAD): What We Know About Acute through Late Effects of Chemoradiation By Allison Bartholow, MS, MS, CCC-SLP & Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com April is Head and Neck Cancer... Read More
Creating a Dysphagia Cookbook IDDSI-Style: Modern Dysphagia Cooking Guest Post by John Holahan, BS, MBA Edited by Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com This is a story about how you never know where your path will take you. Never in my wildest dreams... Read More
7 IDDSI Updates by Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Did you know that over 50 nations around the world have started to implement the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI). This has been a global consensus on foods and... Read More
Dysphagia Management: From Evidence to Implementation By Phyllis M. Palmer, PhD, CCC-SLP & Aaron H. Padilla, MS, CCC-SLP Editor: Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Editor’s note: When I read: “Risk of an Adverse Event in Individuals Who... Read More
COVID-19 Pandemic and Dysphagia Management Outcomes by Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com It has been well over one year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that changed our medical speech-language pathology (SLP) practice patterns and... Read More