Swallow Your Pride Podcast

The Swallow Your Pride Podcast was created with the purpose of diving deeper into the issues that speech-language pathologists face when working with patients with swallowing disorders. We’ll discuss many controversial topics in order to provide the LATES

Recent Episodes

194 – Don’t Sleep on Sleep Apnea: The Link Between Swallowing & OSA- Kendrea L. (Focht) Garand PhD, CScD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CBIS, CCRE and Emma Wallace PhD

Posted July 22, 2021 • 00:57:49

Research estimates that there are nearly 1 billion adults living with obstructive sleep apnea worldwide. 1 BILLION! But what do we really know about...

193 – The Penetration Aspiration Scale: A Closer Look – Catriona Steele Ph.D., CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow

Posted July 19, 2021 • 00:49:35

We look at the type of scale it is, how we interpret it, and the usefulness in both clinical and research contexts.

192 – More than Motor Speech Drills: Meaningful Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease – Valeria “Libbie” Gary M.A., CCC-SLP

Posted July 9, 2021 • 00:43:47

Episode 192 is all about moving beyond the motor speech drills and empowering patients through advocacy, support groups, and movement.

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191 – Small Town SLP: Working at a Critical Access Hospital – Heather Riga M.A. CCC-SLP

Posted July 1, 2021 • 00:36:02

We are exploring what it is like to work in a critical access hospital (CAH) with the small town SLP that does it all, Heather Riga.

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190 – Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, and…Dysphagia?? – Ervin Sejdic PhD

Posted June 24, 2021 • 00:44:31

Dr. Ervin Sejdic joins me to discuss the role of artificial intelligence in dysphagia management, and the cutting edge research he’s doing with one...