Table of Contents

1. Examination of the Oral Swallow Component.
2. Examination of the Pharyngeal Swallow Component.
3. Examination of the Esophageal Swallow Component.
4. Neural Control Mechanisms of the Normal Swallow.
5. Direct and Indirect Oropharyngeal and Esophageal Imaging.
6. Physiological Bases of Neurogenic Dysphagia.
7. Physiological Bases of Structural Dysphagia.
8. Physiologic Bases of Compensatory Treatment Strategies.
9. Physiologic Bases of Rehabilitative Treatment Strategies.
10. Future Direction.
Glossary.
Index.

About the Author

Julie M. Liss, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a professor at Arizona State University in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Liss teaches in the areas of dysphagia, motor speech disorders, neuroscience, and anatomy and physiology. Kim Corbin-Lewis, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is an associate professor at Utah State University, where she serves as head of the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education. She earned her Ph.D. communicative disorders from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she completed a minor in anatomy. Dr. Corbin-Lewis teaches in the areas of dysphagia, motor speech disorders, voice, speech science, and anatomy and physiology, and she has been a practicing speech-language pathologist for 28 years.

Reviews

1. Examination of the Oral Swallow Component. 2. Examination of the Pharyngeal Swallow Component. 3. Examination of the Esophageal Swallow Component. 4. Neural Control Mechanisms of the Normal Swallow. 5. Direct and Indirect Oropharyngeal and Esophageal Imaging. 6. Physiological Bases of Neurogenic Dysphagia. 7. Physiological Bases of Structural Dysphagia. 8. Physiologic Bases of Compensatory Treatment Strategies. 9. Physiologic Bases of Rehabilitative Treatment Strategies. 10. Future Direction. Glossary. Index.