DYSPHAGIA FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
The Shaker exercise was designed to increase UES tonicity. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅FALSE
Physical and environmental factors such as chairs and utensils that enhance swallowing in patients with
head and neck cancer are usually managed by a physical or occupational therapist. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
A properly fitted dental appliance cannot improve the speed of eating, only the types of food
consistencies. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
Compensatory swallowing therapy is limited by which of the following? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅willingness to practice independently
Dental implants are less expensive than dentures and typically they slip and move as the patient ages or
loses weight. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
Which of the following is considered a facilitory or rehabilitative therapy for dysphagia. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Facilitory= improves function
-Laryngeal adduction
-breath hold
-falsetto/pitch
-Masako
-Tongue base retraction
-Shaker
-suck-swallow
-3 second prep
-pretend to gargle, yawn
A chin tuck during swallowing is considered a compensatory strategy. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅TRUE
, also
-head rotation
-carbonation
-food placement
-food presentation
-sour bolus
Following total glossectomy, if the patient is taking any consistency PO, it is likely which of the
following? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅only be able to swallow liquids
Therabite is a device used to aid a patient in improving jaw opening. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
Which of the following is a benefit for trach patients who can use a Passy Muir speaking valve? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅improves speech, swallowing, decrease secretions, improves smell & taste,
increases appetite & QOL
The super-supraglottic swallow maneuver is the best technique for achieving vocal fold closure for a
swallow. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True (Spraglottic is not)
Which of the following disorders are considered a disorder of the pharyngeal stage of the swallow? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-delayed or absent swallowing response
-inadequate V-P closure
-reduced pharyngeal wave contraction
-scarred pharyngeal wall
-scar tissue base on tongue
-reduced laryngeal elevation
-reduced laryngeal closure
-PE dysfunction
ANSWERS
The Shaker exercise was designed to increase UES tonicity. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅FALSE
Physical and environmental factors such as chairs and utensils that enhance swallowing in patients with
head and neck cancer are usually managed by a physical or occupational therapist. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
A properly fitted dental appliance cannot improve the speed of eating, only the types of food
consistencies. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
Compensatory swallowing therapy is limited by which of the following? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅willingness to practice independently
Dental implants are less expensive than dentures and typically they slip and move as the patient ages or
loses weight. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
Which of the following is considered a facilitory or rehabilitative therapy for dysphagia. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Facilitory= improves function
-Laryngeal adduction
-breath hold
-falsetto/pitch
-Masako
-Tongue base retraction
-Shaker
-suck-swallow
-3 second prep
-pretend to gargle, yawn
A chin tuck during swallowing is considered a compensatory strategy. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅TRUE
, also
-head rotation
-carbonation
-food placement
-food presentation
-sour bolus
Following total glossectomy, if the patient is taking any consistency PO, it is likely which of the
following? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅only be able to swallow liquids
Therabite is a device used to aid a patient in improving jaw opening. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
Which of the following is a benefit for trach patients who can use a Passy Muir speaking valve? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅improves speech, swallowing, decrease secretions, improves smell & taste,
increases appetite & QOL
The super-supraglottic swallow maneuver is the best technique for achieving vocal fold closure for a
swallow. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True (Spraglottic is not)
Which of the following disorders are considered a disorder of the pharyngeal stage of the swallow? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-delayed or absent swallowing response
-inadequate V-P closure
-reduced pharyngeal wave contraction
-scarred pharyngeal wall
-scar tissue base on tongue
-reduced laryngeal elevation
-reduced laryngeal closure
-PE dysfunction
