Ways of transforming the course of the oral phase of swallowing in children
Ways of transforming the course of the oral phase of swallowing in children

Summary/Abstract: The objective of this article is to present the way and time of transformation of a course of an oral phase of swallowing in children. The article describes four types of the course of the oral swallowing phase (infantile, atypical-1, atypical-2, mature), the time of transformation of a swallowing stereotype (taking into consideration the results of recent studies) and a summary of different transformation variations, including their time ranges. The novel approach presents four types of the oral swallowing phase, whereas the literature in principal distinguishes only two: infantile and mature. This has resulted in descriptions of only one way of transforming the course of the oral phase of swallowing. The overview of the modes and timing of transformation presented in this article will help speech therapists to diagnose the oral phase of swallowing as a primordial activity affecting the development of articulation.

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