Overview

This power point CD includes 640 slides and is a comprehensive teaching tool to accompany the book, Clinical Management of Swallowing Disorders, Second Edition by Thomas Murry and Ricardo L. Carrau. It includes color images and outlines each chapter topic by topic. It is an invaluable tool for instructors preparing lectures and a helpful study guide for students. Practicing clinicians will find the CD useful when explaining the purposes and goals of swallowing therapy to family members and other professionals. Clinicians will be able to summarize key points of swallowing rehabilitation when discussing patient treatment goals with other rehabilitation specialists.

Audience

Primary Subject: Speech and Language Pathology / Swallowing
Secondary Subject: Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery / Voice and Swallowing
Audience Level: Professional

• Introduction to and Epidemiology of Swallowing Disorders
• Anatomy and Function of the Swallowing Mechanism
• The Abnormal Swallow: Conditions and Diseases
• Swallowing Disorders Arising from Surgical Treatment
• Evaluation of Dysphagia
• Nonsurgical Treatment of Swallowing Disorders
• Surgical Treatment of Swallowing
• Nutrition and Diets
• The Relationship Between Voice and Swallowing Disorders

About The Author

Thomas Murry, Ph.D.

Thomas Murry, Ph.D. is Professor of Speech Pathology in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, and Adjunct Professor Teacher’s College, Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Columbia University, New York.

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