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DYSPHAGIA
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 501-510Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-013-9460-2
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Dysphagia; Tactile sensitivity; Oral sensitivity; Treatment; Assessment; Task analysis; Deglutition; Deglutition disorders
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This article aims to offer a behavioural assessment strategy for oral sensitivity that can be readily applied in the clinical setting. Four children, ranging in age and with a variety of developmental and medical problems, were used as test cases for a task analysis of tolerance to touch probes in and around the mouth. In all cases, the assessment was sensitive to weekly measures of an intervention for oral sensitivity over a 3-week period. Employing an inexpensive, direct, specific to the individual, replicable, reliable, and effective measure for a specific sensory problem would fit better with the edicts of evidence-based practice. The current method offered the initial evidence towards this goal.
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