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Happy Lunar New Year 2018

14/02/201831/05/2020 Yoon Wai Lam

Singapore Swallowing Specialists and Speech Therapy Works would like to wish everyone a Happy Lunar New Year 2018.

May everyone be happy, healthy and wealthy always.

Eat wisely and stay active!!

Swallowing Problem

How does dysphagia from mechanical obstruction sounds like?

01/03/201603/07/2020 Yoon Wai Lam

The following patient presents with dysphagia (swallowing difficulties) secondary to the presence of prominent anterior cervical osteophytes at the level of C3-C6, most prominent at C4.

Dysphagia symptoms include:

Occasional coughing noted when eating solids as well as drinking fluids.
Multiple swallows per bolus

I managed to record the patient’s usual swallowing sound using my IPhone 6s. Could this be the sound of mechanical obstruction?

MRI Cervical Spine shows cervical myelopathy. Prominent anterior cervical osteophytes from C3-C6.

The sound of patient swallowing 10ml water recorded using an IPhone 6s. Note multiple swallows & loud squish sound.