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A Volume in the Dysphagia Series. Speech-Language Pathology graduate students are briefed on how to apply their grounding in voice and speech anatomy and physiology to both normal deglutition and dysphagia. This complete and concise guide introduces swallow therapy, with details of typical and disordered oral, pharyngeal and esophageal components of swallowing outlined. Studetns discover the process of effective and efficient dysphagia diagnosis and mangement in a format designed to fit into the contemporary curriculum. TEXTBOOK

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Examination of the Oral Component of the Swallow Mechanism. Examination of the Pharyngeal Component of the Swallow Mechanism. Examination of the Esophageal Component of the Swallow Mechanism. Control of Normal Swallow. Structural and Physiologic Abnormalities in Oral Phase. Structural and Physiologic Abnormalities in Pharyngeal Phase. Structural and Physiologic Abnormalities in Esophageal Phase. Summary.

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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.

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