References for Swallowing Therapy / Dysphagia
Companies / Therapies enhancing patients swallowing challenges:
IOPI Medical
An Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI) is used by clinicians to measure your tongue and lip strength and determine whether exercise for these muscles may be useful for you.
Vital Stim
VitalStim® therapy is neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) combined with exercise for an innovative therapy. The unit uses a patented protocol of a low frequency current which goes back and forth between electrodes strategically placed on the patient’s neck, to stimulate inactive swallowing muscles. Positive outcomes are directly related to the dysphagia skill of the trained VitalStim Provider and the exercises applied in conjunction with the NMES
Columbia Scientific
Since 2003, Columbia Scientific has provided products for dysphagia and other neuromuscular conditions. They offer a budget-friendly NMES Columbia 6000™ dysphagia devices, a wide variety of dysphagia electrodes, The Breather® respiratory muscle training device, and the Mobili-T™ sEMG biofeedback device for dysphagia.
Companies / Alternative Nutrition Therapy
Lincare
Adequate hydration and nutrition are important to maintain health and homeostasis. Enteral nutrition can be an effective therapy option if you have trouble swallowing food, a lack of appetite, inadequate fluid intake, or difficulty maintaining a healthy weight.
Nestle Medical Hub
Access a wealth of clinical evidence, educational materials, and patient resources to support your practice and professional development. Gain insights into best practices in nutrition management, discover our innovative science-backed products, access exclusive programs and trainings, and request samples for your patients.
Oley Foundation
The Oley Foundation is a national non-profit organization, home nutrition therapy community, and advocacy group.
Mission: To enrich the lives of those living with home IV nutrition or tube feeding through advocacy, education, community and innovation.
Vision: Oley envisions a world where patients are united, supported and empowered to thrive on home nutrition support.
HillRom/Baxter Respiratory Therapies for Home
Hillrom is a global medical technology leader whose 10,000 employees have a single purpose: enhancing outcomes for patients and their caregivers by advancing connected care. Around the world, our innovations touch over 7 million patients each day. They help enable earlier diagnosis and treatment, optimize surgical efficiency and accelerate patient recovery while simplifying clinical communication and shifting care closer to home. We make these outcomes possible through connected smart beds, patient lifts, patient assessment and monitoring technologies, caregiver collaboration tools, respiratory care devices, advanced operating room equipment and more, delivering actionable, real-time insights at the point of care.
Thickeners enhancing patients swallowing challenges:
Purathick Natural Thickener
By: Parapharmatech
Purathick Natural Thickener thickens hot and cold liquids for people requiring a modified diet, commonly recommended for people with swallowing difficulties, also known as dysphagia.
Simply Thick
By: Simply Thick
Discover the convenience of discreet, single-serve packets for thickening beverages. Each packet is designed to thicken 4oz of your drink instantly. Swap out powders for a non-powder thickening solution using nectar, honey, and pudding.
ThickenUp Clear
By: Nestle
THICKENUP® CLEAR is clinically shown to improve swallowing safety by reducing the risk of aspiration compared to thin liquid in dysphagia patients(1). Remains clear – not cloudy; Lump free, tasteless, and odorless; Mixes easily in a wide range of foods and beverages and does not over-thicken with time; Remains clear when mixed in water.
Resource ThickenUp
By: Nestle
Starch-based Food and Drink Thickener.
Clinically shown to reduce the risk of aspiration in patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia. For use with hot or cold food and beverages Starch-based instant thickener for hot or cold foods and beverage. Thickens many foods and beverages
Foods enhancing patients swallowing challenges:
Magic Cup Frozen Desserts
By: Magic Kitchen
MAGIC CUP® frozen dessert is like ice cream when frozen but is a pudding after thawing.
It’s a great option for adding calories and protein for those experiencing involuntary weight loss.
The Eat Bar
By: The Eat Bar
theEATBar is a crispy meringue bar coated in sweet chocolate that melts in your mouth. It’s a delicious, easy-to-swallow treat designed to be a dessert or fun snack. It comes in four flavors: dark chocolate, vanilla chocolate, strawberry, and lemon.
Boost Very High Calorie
BOOST® Very High Calorie Nutritional Drink contains 530 nutrient-rich calories in each 8 fl oz serving with 22 g high-quality protein to help gain or maintain weight plus 26 vitamins and minerals to help meet daily nutritional needs.
Crack Corn Puffy Pop
Easy to swallow, delicious flavors, of an alternative popcorn. No kernels, no hulls, easy to eat.
Therapeutic Accessories enhancing patients swallowing challenges:
TheraSIP
By: TheraSIP Swallowing Treatment
The tools featured on TheraSIP were developed specifically for adults with dysphagia as a means of increasing swallowing exercise as part of traditional swallowing treatments including tongue exercises, compensatory strategies, swallowing maneuvers, as well as respiratory and voice drills.
5pcs Set Oral Mouth Trainer Kit
By: TMISHION
Training Exerciser Recovery Massager Oral Lips Muscle Perceiving Training Recovery Trainer Massager Brush Health Care Tool for Speech & Feeding
Provale Cup
By: VitalCare Technology
Ideal for patients who have difficulty swallowing because of Dysphagia, Stroke, or other swallowing disorders, Provale Cup ensures small, measured swallows/sips. The design of the Provale Cup includes easy-to-use handles for patient control, a "cup in a cup" design that allows for proper nose clearance, and an angled cup for maintenance of proper chin position.
Dysphagia Cook Book
By: SimplyThick
Modern Dysphagia Cooking is written for those who experience difficulty swallowing, and their caregivers. Dysphagia is common among those with Head and Neck Cancer, Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Stroke and the aging population, just to name a few.