Swallowing Dysfunction Among Patients With Laryngeal Cleft: More Than Just Aspiration?
Authors
Julie E. Strychowsky, Pamela Dodrill, Ethan Moritz, Jennifer Perez, Reza Rahbar
Publication
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Date
March 2016
Conclusions
“The MBS study is a useful tool for evaluating swallowing function and dysfunction in patients with laryngeal cleft independent of lack or presence of aspiration. Understanding the overall swallowing impairments in all of the phases of swallowing (oral phase, swallow triggering, and pharyngeal impairments) may be beneficial for the surgical decision-making and perioperative management of these patients. The findings from the MBS study should be reviewed by the clinical team (Otolaryngologist and speech-language pathologist) and discussed with the patients and their caregivers to help guide their management expectations.”