Swallowing Tracking Sheets

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Swallowing tracking sheets. Clinical swallowing evaluation template 1 templates are consensus based and provided as a resource for members of the american speech language hearing association asha. Do reps times per day. Helps strengthen tongue muscles needed for swallowing. Person may cough silent aspiration no coughing choking.
If you can swallow your saliva and aren t spitting into a kleenex you can try chewing gum and using the effortful swallow while chewing. Swallow while holding your tongue tip 3 4 of an inch outside of your teeth. Jan 7 2016 medical speech language pathologists. Background outcome tracking tools are commonly used in dysphagia research as a means of objectively measuring change in swallow function and various other variables relevant to swallowing and dysphagia.
Swallow and hold halfway through swallow at highest point for 1 to 2 seconds. Clinical swallowing exam name. Food and saliva may go into the lungs instead of the stomach aspiration. Information included in these templates does not represent official asha policy.
Food goes into the airway but the person can still breathe. Another strategy is to wear a brightly colored bracelet or put a dot on the face of a watch for the clock watchers as a reminder to swallow and swallow hard every time they see the reminder. Looking for a way to track your patient s daily progress in dysphagia treatment. Please feel free to contact.
This form was carefully created to assist with documentation during dysphagia treatment sessions with pediatrics through geriatrics.