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Swallowing Disorders
Hoag Voice and Swallowing Center offers multidisciplinary care for patients with disorders affecting their ability to swallow. Common swallowing disorders include:
- Aspiration of foods and liquids secondary to a wide variety of disorders.
- Neurologic conditions including stroke, Parkinsonism, and motor neuron disease
- Food or pills sticking in the throat or esophagus
- Regurgitation of foods or liquids due to Zenker’s and other pharyngeal diverticuli (pouches in the throat)
- Aging related changes of swallowing
- Acid reflux related swallowing disorders
- Radiation induced swallowing dysfunction
- Lump in the throat
- Esophageal spasm
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