Short ‘n Sweet Reviews

Short ‘n Sweet – Pharyngeal Swallow Initiation Factors

It’s somehow 2023, and long are the days when anytime a dark contrasted bolus passes the ramus of the mandible equals an automatic “fail” or impairment. With an all-star cast, this is another article to…

Short ‘n Sweet – Accuracy of localizing pharyngo-esophageal stasis

My choice became the tie-breaker!🫠 How many times have you gotten a referral for someone simply saying, “Something gets stuck when I swallow,” or “There’s something in my throat” ? And how many times have…

Short ‘n Sweet – EAT-10 update

I don’t know about you, but these days I can use all the help I can get for making my job easier, quicker, or better. I mean, we can always improve either as clinicians or…

Short ‘n Sweet – Hospital Discharge Dysphagia Omissions

We come. We evaluate. We treat. We recommend. We leave.

That seems to be the simplistic sequence, right? Ever wonder what happens to those recommendations we all so fervently include though? Well, that’s just…

Short ‘n Sweet – Clinical Cough Testing

When we SLPs hear a cough in a restaurant, at the dinner table, or at bedside, our brains automatically go into assessment mode ping-ponging an array of questions and assumptions: “Why did they cough?” “Oof,…

Short ‘n Sweet – Preclinical Dysphagia

Over the last few decades, prevention has been a key role in health more than ever. From preventing wrinkles to preventing heart disease, taking steps to prevent (or at least slow down) sometimes inevitable outcomes…

Short ‘n Sweet – Chin Tuck Against Resistance (CTAR)

Before we had microwaves, we had ovens. Before we had cars, we had horses. And before we had CTAR, we had (and still have) the Shaker. As clinicians we’re always always on the lookout for…

Short ‘n Sweet – Muscle Tension Dysphagia

We often learn in academic, clinical experience, or continued education about the wide array of etiologies for a dysphagia (and I mean WIDE in every sense of the word!). But what if we don’t know?…

Short ‘n Sweet – D.I.G.E.S.T.

Not only is the acronym name 🤩PERFECT🤩, but the whole purpose and background behind the Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity make it truly a work that pushes our field further while continuing closer collaboration…

Short ‘n Sweet – Perceived wet vocal quality (at bedside)

Trying to identify if a voice sounds wet and why can be anything but a short task! Even after all these years, I still find myself having to push these naive thoughts aside from time…