Aspiration and Dysphagia
Coughing and Choking? by Vincent M. DelGiudice M.S.CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist Do you know that feeling you get when something goes down the wrong pipe? You choke for a second and then catch your breath. Then maybe you laugh it off. Well in the most basic sense, that is aspiration. It’s really no big deal if […]
Swallowing Is Possible After Radiation
by Vincent M. DelGiudice, M.S. CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist The management of head and neck cancer has changed the past couple of years, and non-surgical management, a combination of chemotherapy and radiation, has become the norm. Doctors are opting to save as much tissue as possible, rather than removing the entire larynx, otherwise known as “voice […]