SWALLOWING FUNCTION TRAINING TOOL, SWALLOWING FUNCTION TRAINING KIT, AND SWALLOWING FUNCTION TRAINING METHOD

摘要

Provided is a swallowing function training tool that enables training without borrowing the hands of a caregiver, etc., even for elderly subjects with dementia who have reduced tongue pressure. This swallowing function training tool 100 is provided with: an oral cavity insertion part 10 that comprises a suction port of a beverage container 4 and is formed from a soft resin, the front end 18 having a lidded tubular shape closed by a convexly curved surface that projects forward, the front end 18 also having a delivery hole 11 that delivers a beverage, and at least part of the front-end side being housed in the palatal fossa K of the trainee; and a base part 20 that is continuous with the rear end of the oral cavity insertion part 10 and is provided in a tubular shape the cross-section of which gradually expands toward the rear, the oral cavity insertion part 10 being configured such that a cross-section of the upper surface and lower surface forms a convexly curved line with the direction in which the thickness is minimized as the vertical direction.