Decision making and the bedside assessment: The Speech Language Therapists’ thinking when making a diagnosis at the bed

Background: The bedside assessment is often seen as a screener because of its high variability in sensitivity and specificity, whilst the instrumental measures are viewed as gold standards because of the ability of speech-language therapist (SLT) to visualise the swallow more objectively. Objective...

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Main Authors: Kim Coutts, Mershen Pillay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2021-06-01
Series:South African Journal of Communication Disorders
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Online Access:https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/790