Clearing Your Throat While Eating or Drinking?

Have you noticed that you are clearing your throat or coughing during meals lately? Do you ever feel like your food or drink gets stuck in your throat? You could be experiencing difficulty swallowing or "dysphagia". If you have experienced any of the following symptoms, you may benefit from speech therapy.

• throat clearing or coughing while eating or drinking

• feeling like food, drink, pills, or saliva are stuck in your throat

• taking longer to finish a meal

• more effort to swallow

• feeling tired after eating a meal

• unexplained weight loss

• recurring respiratory infections - pneumonia

• drooling

Speech therapy for swallowing difficulty may include exercises for swallowing muscles, strategy training, education, and electrical stimulation. Call or email now for your evaluation!