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[Dysphagia] How many speech pathologists in the room during the swallow study


  • Subject: [Dysphagia] How many speech pathologists in the room during the swallow study
  • From: msgroislp at optonline.net (msgroislp at optonline.net)
  • Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:25:28 +0000 (GMT)

Hello all,
This board has been a wonderful avenue to learn and grow in the field of dysphagia.  My question is for everyone.  Do you know if there is a Standard of Care re: how many speech pathologists conduct the study, i.e. 2 vs. 1.  In my facility and some of the local hospitals, the norm is that there are 2 speech pathologists in the room (one feeding and one viewing the video).  We do not get any input from the radiologists, even with prompting and several attempts to "get them involved in diagnosing", etc)., therefore, we believe that "2 sets of eyes are better than one".

I would appreciate any input and thanks again for sharing your knowledge.  

Maria Sgroi, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
msgroislp at optonline.net



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