Specialty Hospital of Washington-Hadley Initiates Advanced Care Programs for Swallowing Disorders
Specialty Hospital of Washington's Hadley Campus has begun using FEES (Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing) has part of its rehabilitative services. FEES provides a comprehensive functional evaluation of the pharyngeal stage of swallowing leading to recommendations as to adequacy and appropriate interventions.
A FEES study is designed to evaluate the swallowing mechanism, and is performed by an otolaryngologist in conjunction with a speech language pathologist. The study requires the passage of a flexible Fiberoptic endoscope into the throat in order to visualize ...





