New screening test can determine whether children have a swallowing disorder

Sunday, February 1, 2009 - 13:49 in Health & Medicine

A simple test to swallow three ounces of water can help determine whether a child has the swallowing disorder oropharyngeal dysphagia, establishing for the first time a way to screen for the ailment in children, according to new research published in the February 2009 issue of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery...

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