ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF SWALLOWING DYSFUNCTION

摘要

A method of analyzing the swallowing of a subject, comprising the steps of: (1) providing displacement and/or pressure-activated transducing means; (2) positioning the said transducing means in close juxtaposition with the anatomical structure of the subject, the behavior of which during swallowing it is desired to analyze, e.g., the larynx of the subject; (3) sampling the signals generated by the transducing means when swallowing is performed; (4) elaborating the said signals to determine swallow beginning and ending time and the relative induced intensity of the sampled signals at the sampling times; and (5) providing visual data or data points representing the induced intensity of the sampled signals representing the swallowing behavior of the subject.