Characteristics of Dry Chin-Tuck Swallowing Vibrations and Sounds

The effects of the chin-tuck maneuver, a technique commonly employed to compensate for dysphagia, on cervical auscultation are not fully understood. Characterizing a technique that is known to affect swallowing function is an important step on the way to developing a new instrumentation-based swallowing screening tool.In this study, we recorded data from 55 adult participants who each completed five saliva swallows in a chin-tuck position. The...