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Electrical Stimulation and its Effects on Patients with Dysphagia
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Impact on Daily Lives and Communication Dysphagia can have a wide range of impacts on the geriatric
patient. The patient runs a high risk if aspiration, which means food and
liquids can easily slip into the lungs when swallowing. The elderly may also
become fatigued with the effort it takes to eat, therefore causing malnutrition
and dehydration (Shoemaker, 1996). As a consequence of aspiration the patient
may also experience; |