Mobile FEES

08/27/2025

I wish fb Ai would allow us to post pics/videos of the throat.

False ventricular fold hyperfunction with poor adduction of the true vocal folds can result in penetration/aspiration of thin liquids! Treating the voice impairment can help the dysphagia. Are we gonna see Muscle Tension Dysphagia as a newly added code like we have Muscle Tension Dysphonia? A benefit of FEES…visuslization of the anatomy and function of the laryngeal vestibule!

06/18/2025

Have a certain dysphagia topic or population you’d like to learn more about?

Want to take some dysphagia CE courses but don’t know which to choose?

LISTENING to FREE dysphagia PODCASTS while driving, exercising, eating, or relaxing is a great intro to many topics, and you can pick what to listen to via podcast episode lists.

Below are some of the podcasts we have listened to worthwhile presentations from. Some of these are no longer producing however may still have older recordings worth your time.

In no particular order:
Speech Uncensored
TAD Talks NFOSD
Swallow The Gap
Dysphagia Matters
Swallow Your Pride
Understanding Dysphagia
A Clear Voice
Speech Scope

06/12/2025

If your SNF is still using “Diet Waivers”, you feel the urge to “place someone on” thickened liquids or puréed solid, or you aren’t taking advantage of “informed consent” meetings to outline pt performance, possible routes and risks, this CEU will help you learn how to shift your thought process for the better!

The Diet Waiver Alternative through Medbridge

06/10/2025

Adding to our 2 month list of CEU course recommendations:

If you work with patients with Parkinson’s Disease or other neurological diseases, learning about a holistic therapy program such as those listed below would be beneficial, and there is much carryover to swallowing, similar to our earlier posts about RMST CEUs.

Speak Out Program through parkinsonvoice project.org

LSVT (Lee Silvermann Voice Tx) through lsvtglobal.com

06/10/2025

If you get a patient with a trach and are not familiar with the different types of speaking valves,

Passy-Muir.com/ceu
has great free online courses!

Passy-Muir offers CEU's with our web-based self-study courses. We are an approved provider for ASHA, AARC, and CBRN.

06/10/2025

It’s still Dysphagia Awareness Month which means we are sharing more worthwhile CEUs with folks:

If you are new to hearing the terms mildly thick, moderately thick, minced and moist solids, get your read on at:

iddsi.org

because the change in verbiage is happening!

A global initiative to improve the lives of over 590 million people worldwide living with dysphagia.

06/05/2025

SLPs: Wanting to learn how to scope and become FEES competent? Kansas City has an upcoming hands on course through Patheous Health (formerly Carolina Speech Pathology) Nov 8-9, 2025 at Rockhurst University on the MO side of KC!!!!!!!!!

They put on one of the most comprehensive best reviewed top rated FEES training courses in the nation, and you get way more than the 2 day hands-on portion as it also includes lectures to take from the comfort of your home/work beforehand!

This extensive FEES Training course includes an online prerequisite course and will jump start your journey to FEES competency!

06/04/2025

June Is Dysphagia Awarenesses Month which means more worthwhile dysphagia CEUs to share with yall!

Have you heard of the Dysphagia Research Society!?!?!

They have an annual meeting each spring (March 2026 in Colorado) you can attend to hear about latest research! And if you can’t make it you can take their webinar series presenting the award winning presentations!

Dysphagiaresearch.org

05/28/2025

There are other breathing devices that work against resistance besides the EMST 75, however, did you know that this particular one is considered DME so every person with Medicare is entitled to a free one once in his/her life?

Beneficial for the nursing center resident, especially those who may not have the strength to activate more challenging ones. What RMST devices are you familiar with?
EMST 150 or 75? Breather? Powerlung? Pickle Acapella? Aerobica? Incentive Spirometer?

Below is how you as an SLP can help your patient get an EMST 75 for free, and the company Aspire does all the leg work with pt’s insurance so you don’t have to!

05/28/2025

Interested in a chronic cough CEU? No aspiration, no LPR, no teflyx, then why is my pt coughing? Allergen? Vagus nerve hyperfunction? VCD? Pulmonary dysfunction?

Learn about the possible etiologies and some breathing techniques/prograns to replace that chronic cough!

To get you started:
-Dysphagia Cafe blog and audio webinar by Dr. Karina Delvan
- Swallow Your Pride Podcast 64 and 63 by Muchelle Troche

05/28/2025

From one SLP recognition month to another….about to bring on June Dysphagia Awareness Month…..which means more CEUs to share!

Want to learn more about Reflux and Dysphagia, how they relate, how unmanaged GERD can look like outward s/s of aspiration when it might not be?

Anything by Dr.Aviv or Dr. Belafsky is great!

1. Dysphagia Cafe blog and audio webinar “plop fizz no more “
2. Swallow Your Pride Podcast #128 by Dr. Belafsky or #12 by Dr. Aviv
3. Book: Killing Me Softly From Inside by Dr. Aviv
4. Book: Acid Watcher Diet by Dr. Aviv
5. MA SLP Assn self study reflux course

05/24/2025

If you’re an SLP who wants to collaborate with Laryngologist ENTs,

Sin City Laryngology in person conference in Las Vegas each spring will not disappoint the voice and swallow SLP, especially if you want to learn about latest medical procedures, especially for those where traditional exercise isnt cutting it.