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Semin Speech Lang 1996; 17(4): 261-268
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1064103
© 1996 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Anatomy, Physiology, and Development of Feeding

Joan C. Arvedson1 , Maureen A. Lefton-Greif2
  • 1Speech-Language-Hearing Department, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Department of Otolaryngology, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Social Sciences, Buffalo, New York
  • 2Department of Pediatrics, Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
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15 May 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Dysphagia in infants and children is usually only one part of a broad spectrum of complex medical, health, and developmental problems. As etiologies vary, so do prognoses. Increased survival rates of infants in recent years have been accompanied by an increased prevalence of neurologic, cardiorespiratory, and structural impairments that can affect nutritional status and feeding function. Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and normal development of feeding skills is basic to the assessment and management of pediatric dysphagia.

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pediatric dysphagia - physiology - development