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Setting Up a Swallowing Clinic

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Awareness of the problem of dysphagia across the patient population is on the ascent. Diagnosis of dysphagia begins with suspecting its presence. Swallowing disorders affect quality of life by affecting general health, psychological well-being, and financial stability. Diagnosis of dysphagia begins with suspecting its presence. There lies the importance of early screening and interventions with the help of a swallowing clinic. In this chapter, we will discuss the patients, personnel who deal with swallowing problems, paraphernalia for evaluation, and a definite protocol to deal with this problem.

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  1. Department of Laryngology, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

    Jayakumar R. Menon & Arya R. Raj

  2. Dysphagia Unit, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India

    Jayakumar R. Menon

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  1. Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, India

    Krishnakumar Thankappan

  2. Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, India

    Subramania Iyer

  3. Department of Laryngology, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram and Dysphagia Unit, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, India

    Jayakumar R Menon

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Menon, J.R., Raj, A.R. (2018). Setting Up a Swallowing Clinic. In: Thankappan, K., Iyer, S., Menon, J. (eds) Dysphagia Management in Head and Neck Cancers. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8282-5_33

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