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ERIC Number: EJ1283730
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jan
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1092-4388
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Investigation of Embodied Language Processing on Command-Swallow Performance in Healthy Participants
Kurosu, Atsuko; Pratt, Sheila R.; Palmer, Catherine; Shaiman, Susan
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v64 n1 p75-90 Jan 2021
Purpose: During videofluoroscopic examination of swallowing, patients commonly are instructed to hold a bolus in their mouth until they hear a verbal instruction to swallow, which usually consists of the word "swallow" and is commonly referred to as the command swallow condition. The language-induced motor facilitation theory suggests that linguistic processes associated with the verbal command to swallow should facilitate the voluntary component of swallowing. As such, the purpose of the study was to examine the linguistic influences of the verbal command on swallowing. Method: Twenty healthy young adult participants held a 5-ml liquid bolus in their mouth and swallowed the bolus after hearing one of five acoustic stimuli presented randomly: congruent action word ("swallow"), incongruent action word ("cough"), congruent pseudoword ("spallow"), incongruent pseudoword ("pough"), and nonverbal stimulus (1000-Hz pure tone). Suprahyoid muscle activity during swallowing was measured via surface electromyography (sEMG). Results: The onset and peak sEMG latencies following the congruent action word "swallow" were shorter than latencies following the pure tone and pseudowords but were not different from the incongruent action word. The lack of difference between "swallow" and "cough" did not negate the positive impact of real words on timing. In contrast to expectations, sEMG activity duration and rise time were longer following the word "swallow" than the pure tone and pseudowords but were not different from "cough." No differences were observed for peak suprahyoid muscle activity amplitude and fall times. Conclusions: Language facilitation was observed in swallowing. The clinical utility of the information obtained in the study may depend on the purposes for using the command swallow and the type of patient being assessed. However, linguistic processing under the command swallow condition may alter swallow behaviors and suggests that linguistic inducement could be useful as a compensatory technique for patients with difficulty initiating oropharyngeal swallows.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD); US Department of Veterans Affairs, Rehabilitation Research and Development Service (RR&D)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: T32DC009401