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Nascent Oral Phase

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The oral phase of swallowing is characterized by sucking in the newborn. Over the first years of life the anatomy alters from one adapted perfectly to sucking, to one more similar to adult anatomy, allowing mastication skills to emerge. Changes in anatomic structural relationships confound attempts to precisely quantify this developmental process such that our understanding of the exact developmental timing for mastery of various feeding skills is incomplete. Previous research has focused upon the development of sucking and chewing where some normative data is available. This chapter reviews the available knowledge about the normal emergence and mastery of the oral skills required for feeding. The implication of variation from these expected developmental patterns is also briefly discussed.

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  1. Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Amy L. Delaney PhD, CCC-SLP

  2. Mead Johnson Nutrition, Evansville, IN, USA

    Colin Rudolph MD, PhD

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  1. Div. Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, West Wisconsin Avenue 9200, Milwaukee, 53226, Wisconsin, USA

    Reza Shaker

  2. , Dpt Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surg., UC Davis Medical Center, Stockton Blvd. 2521, Sacramento, 95817, California, USA

    Peter C. Belafsky

  3. Ctr for Voice, Airway & Swallowing Disor, Department of Otolaryngology, Georgia Health Sciences University, 15th Street 1120, Augusta, 30912, Georgia, USA

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Delaney, A.L., Rudolph, C. (2013). Nascent Oral Phase. In: Shaker, R., Belafsky, P., Postma, G., Easterling, C. (eds) Principles of Deglutition. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3794-9_11

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