The Swallowing Disorders Program diagnoses and treats infants, toddlers and school-aged children with a variety of feeding and swallowing problems, including dysphagia.
The Swallowing Disorders Program evaluations are done at our Waltham site.
Our Staff
The program's interdisciplinary staff includes specialists in:
Gastroenterology
Otolaryngology
Pulmonary medicine
Radiology
Our Services
Clinical evaluation of oral motor skills
Developmental feeding skills
Videofluoroscopic swallow studies
Consultation to inpatient medical services
Management of feeding, nutrition and swallowing function
Conditions We Treat
We treat children with a variety of medically-based feeding and swallowing problems. These problems may be due to medical issues including prematurity, neurological, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, cardiac, structural, genetic, tumors as well as acquired conditions.
Symptoms
Symptoms of feeding and swallowing problems in infants may include:
coughing
choking and gagging during eating
aversion to eating
g-tube dependency and learning to eat by mouth
oral aversion
difficulty coordinating sucking, swallowing and breathing
congestion during eating
frequent respiratory infections/pneumonia
fatigue during eating
color change during eating or bottling
discomfort in the throat area during eating or drinking
food or liquid discharge from the nose during eating
failure to gain weight
failure to progress on to an age-appropriate diet.
Children's Hospital Boston is the primary pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School
