Left: The brain of a right hemisphere stroke patient with a swallowing disorder. There is almost no neural activity associated with his swallowing. Right: Significantly increased brain activity of the same patient during swallowing. This change was accompanied by functional improvements in swallowing.
Georgia Malandraki (Photo by Heather Van Uxem Lewis)
Forrester can eat solid food again after weeks of therapy at TC ’s Mysak Clinic. Elana Winters, a student in Speech-Language Pathology, looks on.