Does a “wet” voice really mean your patient is aspirating?In this episode, Eva and Emily unpack research that challenges one of the most common clinical signs used in dysphagia assessment, wet vocal quality. Turns out, what we’ve been trained to hear might not be as reliable as we think.The nee…
What does your oral mech exam really tell you? In this episode of Speech Talk, Eva and Emily get down and dirty (with tongue depressors, not drama) and explore why the phrase 'say ahh' is so iconic.They cover what is a normal oral cavity for our geri crowd, how to link findings to clinical hypo…
To PEG or not to PEG? In this episode of Speech Talk, Emily and Eva confront the clinical gray zones around percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placements in older adults.They unpack what PEG tubes actually do (and don’t do), their potential impact on malnutrition and aspiration pneumo…
Training medication management? In this episode, we address the challenges of medication management for older adults with cognitive impairments, sharing our insights from high-turnover facilities. We review the research on medication self-management skills, revealing significant difficulties these …
Two speech-language pathologists walk into a podcast. There’s no punchline, but for some reason we’re still laughing.Emily and Eva embark on reading the research so you don’t have to. If you’ve ever squinted at a pillbox, questioned your own functional goals, or wondered how to sneak more clini…