Our Service
We offer comprehensive FEES (Fibre-optic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing) assessments within the care home environment or private clinical settings.
We liaise with your Consultant, GP or existing Speech and Language Therapist to ensure we best meet your needs and expectations.
After the assessment we provide a comprehensive report and provide on the spot advice.
Tailored therapy programmes can be devised if indicated. Repeat FEES assessments can be conducted to establish effectiveness.
Why have we set up swallow diagnostics?
Dysphagia is best assessed instrumentally, to provide the most objective view of any swallowing difficulty, and to guide the most appropriate ongoing management. In the UK, there are two options for instrumental swallow assessments; FEES (fibre-optic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing) and Videofluoroscopy. The type of assessment required will depend on a multitude of different considerations and factors. Videofluoroscopy has been widely available in inpatient settings for many years, and FEES has been emerging as a highly-regarded alternative over the past two decades. Whilst not so readily available in all trusts, the ease of assessment, negating the need for xray exposure, has driven it to the forefront of dysphagia assessment in recent years.
Having acquired extensive experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings we now want to expand this to offer FEES assessments more flexibly to a wider range of patients in the community.
‘Dysphagia affects over half of care home residents with over a quarter using fluid thickener’
Swallow Diagnostics
Expert assessments for swallowing difficulties in the community.
Email: swallowdiagnostics@gmail.com
Phone: 07779584793
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