Dysphagia+Case+History

 An important step in the assessment of Dysarthria is to take a full case history from the patient.  Although some of the information can be taken from the patient’s clinical notes (such as co-morbidites) it is still necessary to ask these questions of the patient. Information such as the patients values placed around food can also only be truly gathered this way (Nguyen et al., 2008)  This also provides the SLT the opportunity to make general observations of the patient’s mood, general condition and other factors before beginning more formal assessments (Cichero & Murdoch, 2006). 
 * Case History  **