What is it about?
Ultrasound Evaluation of Swallowing (USES) offers a new way to assess swallowing functions that is less invasive and more accessible. This study outlines our recording protocol and a set of multidimensional measurements in capturing the hyoid kinematics in typical swallows.
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Why is it important?
The quantification of hyoid kinematics in swallowing through the current USES recording protocol concurs with typical swallows in the literature. This provides the initial evidence for USES to be adopted clinically. The clinical utility of USES is further enhanced by the semi-automatic extraction of hyoid function using a deep neural net and feature-finding algorithms.
Perspectives
Eating and drinking are such a routine part of our lives that we rarely give them any thought until swallowing problems happen. USES is a minimally invasive, portable and lower-cost tool compared to current clinical tools, such as Videofluroscopy (VFSS) or Flexible Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing (FEES). The development of USES can improve access to instrumental assessment of swallowing, such as assessment in the community and remote locations. There is also potential for it to be used in swallowing rehabilitation.
Joan Ma
Queen Margaret University Edinburgh
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This page is a summary of: The Application of Ultrasound Evaluation of Swallowing to the Analysis of Hyoid Kinematics in Healthy Swallows, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, April 2025, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2025_jslhr-24-00663.
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