JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 62-66 , January 2009

Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Assessment and Treatment Efficacy: Setting the Record Straight (Response to Campbell-Taylor)

  • James L. Coyle, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S

      Affiliations

    • Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Lori A. Davis, EdD, CCC-SLP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Communication Disorders, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
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  • Caryn Easterling, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S

      Affiliations

    • Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
    • Veterans Admin istration Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
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  • Darlene E. Graner, MA, CCC-SLP, BRS-S

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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  • Susan Langmore, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, ASHA Fellow

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA
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  • Steven B. Leder, PhD, ASHA Fellow

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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  • Maureen A. Lefton-Greif, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, ASHA Fellow

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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  • Paula Leslie, PhD, CertMRCSLT(UK), CCC-SLP

      Affiliations

    • Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Jeri A. Logemann, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, ASHA Fellow

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Neurology, and Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University. Evanston, IL
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  • Linda Mackay, MA, CCC-SLP, BRS-S

      Affiliations

    • Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, and Specialty Board on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders, Hartford, CT
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  • Bonnie Martin-Harris, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, ASHA Fellow

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences and Disorders, Evelyn Trammell Institute for Voice & Swallowing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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  • Joseph T. Murray, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S

      Affiliations

    • Audiology/Speech Pathology Service, Veterans Administration Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Barbara Sonies, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, ASHA Fellow

      Affiliations

    • National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, and Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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  • Catriona M. Steele, PhD, S-LP(C), CCC-SLP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Catriona M. Steele, PhD, S-LP(C), CCC-SLP, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, 550 University Avenue, #12030, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2A2

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doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.10.003

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 62-66 , January 2009

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