Dysphagia Practice questions Flashcards
During the Pharyngeal Phase of swallowing, the larynx and hyoid bone move
upward and forward
Aspiration pneumonia
Is a condition caused by the energy of foreign materials into the bronchi or lungs with resultant infection
Tracheostomy causes several changes to the swallow. Which of the following is not true
Aspiration is eliminated
“IDDSI” is an abbreviation meaning
Internation dysphagia diet standardization initiative
There are 2 items on the IDDSI food scale that overlap with the IDDSI drink scale. They are identifies as IDDSI 3 and 4. Give the names for each in numerical order on the food scale
Liquidizied and pureed
What ae 2 items on the “drinks” side of the IDDSI framework that overlap with “foods”
Moderately thick and extremely thick
Your client has denture and is refusing solid foods such as steaks, raw veggies, and tortilla chips. He is eating hamburgers from braums. He reports that his gums are tender but has no complaints of coughing or clearing his throat. What would your diet recommendation be to allow the highest level of normalcy?
Easy to chew
What is the purpose of Ph testing?
To diagnose GERD
What does manometry measure?
Muscle pressure and movements of the esophagus
You have a 9 month old child that is tolerating soft mashed and pureed foods, and table smoooth purees consistently. What is your next step on the food continuum?
Hard munchable
The purpose of a hard munchable is
Oral exploration only, not consumption
What is the name of the device placed over the tracheostomy tube to restore subglottic air pressure during the swallow?
Passy muir speaking valve
When expanding the variety of foods that the child eats it is important to consider
The taste, color, shape, adn consistency of the new food compared to the food the child is presently consuming
All of the following textures are suggested during group feeding sessions except for
Soft mechanical
All of the following types of food are suggested during group meeting session except for
Dairy
Towne cracker is an example of a food in the __ category on the food continuum
Meltable hard solid
An example of soft mechanical mixed texture is
spagehettiO’s
What is the purpose of Ph testing?
To diagnose GERD
You have a 3 year old that has been aversive to food. She screams anytime food is placed on the table. Her nourishment is from liquids. Her parents and physician are motivated to have her eating solid foods. You decide to try applesauce. According to the “steps to eating” what should you FIRST look at when introducing applesauce?
Does she tolerate being in the same room with it
What is the difference between suckle and sucking
Suckle is less mature forward to back movement of the tongue to feed, sucking is up and down movment of the tongue to feed
What is a limitation of the clinical swallowing evaluation
It does not detect silent aspiration
An advantage of performing the FEES over the MBS is
There will be no radiation exposure
With regard tot he clinical swallowing evaluation, all the following are true except
A penetration to the level of the VFs is indicated by vocal quality
An advantage of performing the MBS over the FEES is
You are able to view the esophagus
What is fascia?
Lining primarily made up of collagen around the connective tissues
Which of the following is a therapeutic reason to use one bottle nipple instead of the otheer?
Flow rate
Which of the following is an oral motor exercise for infants
Non-nutritive suck
Which of the following is not included in activities that SLPs do in therapy with infants
Non-nutritive suck
