Making an informed decision : oral motor treatment in pediatric dysphagia

The purpose of this report is to review critically research focused on oral motor based treatment for pediatric swallowing disorders with the aim of assisting speech-language pathologists in making informed clinical intervention decisions. Oral motor based treatment has become a popular intervention approach among some speech-language pathologists, but the evidence supporting the approach is limited. This report will discuss research studies and review articles with high levels of evidence of treatment efficacy and propose when to use oral motor based treatment approaches in clinical intervention for pediatric swallowing disorders.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Grantor

University of Texas at Austin

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Thompson, Amy Lynn

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Marquardt, Thomas P.

• Pediatric
• Dysphagia
• Oral motor

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2985

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2985