Ideal for patient and family education. This app features custom-designed, state-of-the-art animations depicting swallow physiology. Includes normal swallow physiology and also examples of varying physiologic impairments of the swallow. Video controls allow for slow motion, pause, and frame-by-frame forward and reverse.

Included Animations:

• Normal Swallow Physiology
• Impairment of Initiation of Pharyngeal Swallow
• Impairment of Tongue Base Retraction
• Impairment of Bolus Transport/ Lingual Motion
• Impairment of Anterior Hyoid Excursion
• Impairment of Laryngeal Vestibular Closure
• Impairment of Pharyngeal Contraction
• Impairment of PES Opening

Available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

User Note: Rarely does one physiologic swallow impairment exist alone. This app highlights primary impairments, but co-existing impairments typically occur and the examples shown here are no exception.

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