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The coordination of respiration with swallowing in healthy adults is critical for airway protection and the safe ingestion of food/liquids. We found that the literature supports a common respiratory-swallow pattern for healthy adults. Most healthy adult swallow during exhalation at approximately mid lung lung.
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This page is a summary of: Respiratory Phase and Lung Volume Patterns During Swallowing in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, April 2019, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2018_jslhr-s-18-0323.
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