Roya Sayadi, PhD, a speech-language pathologist with the Natick Visiting Nurse Association in Natick, Massachusetts, and Joel Herskowitz, MD, a neurologist on the faculty of Boston University School of Medicine. They are coauthors of Swallow Safely: A Caregiver’s Guide to Recognition, Treatment and Prevention, (Inside/Outside). www.SwallowSafely.com.
The average person swallows about 600 times a day without giving it a second thought. However, for some, the simple…
