�The editors have assembled a group of contributors who appear to have been handpicked from a Who�s Who of deglutition specialists...The editors have established a basis for a common language among clinicians in different disciplines and have produced a comprehensible body of information about normal and disordered swallowing.�

--New England Journal of Medicine

Publisher web site, September, 2002.

�The editors have assembled a group of contributors who appear to have been handpicked from a Who�s Who of deglutition specialists...The editors have established a basis for a common language among clinicians in different disciplines and have produced a comprehensible body of information about normal and disordered swallowing.�

�New England Journal of Medicine

Introduction.

Topography and Functional Anatomy of the Swallowing Structures.

Functional Controls.

Respiratory Functions and Complications.

Clinical Assessment of Dysphagia.

Radiographic Contrast Examination of the Mouth, Pharynx, and Esophagus.

Examination of the Pharynx and Larynx and Endoscopic Examination of Pharyngeal Swallowing.

Diagnostic Methods to Evaluate Swallowing Other Than Barium Contrast.

Electromyography in the Functional and Diagnostic Testing of Deglutition.

Esophagoscopy and Tests of Esophageal Function.

Neurological Diseases Affecting Oropharyngeal Swallowing.

Diseases and Operation of Head and Neck Structures Affecting Swallowing.

Esophageal Diseases.

Swallowing and Feeding in the Pediatric Patient.

Therapy for Oropharyngeal Swallowing Disorders.

Medical and Surgical Treatment Interventions in Deglutitive Dysfunction.