What is it about?
This work is about the design, manufacture and validation of a new laryngopharyngeal esthesiometer and endoscopic rangefinder. This device is intended to quantify laryngopharyngeal mechanosensitivity and to determine quantitative sensorial thresholds for laryngeal adductor reflex, cough reflex and gag reflex.
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Why is it important?
This device will help to quantify the degree of compromise of laryngopharyngeal sensitivity in dysphagia, obstructive sleep apnea and chronic cough due to laryngopharyngeal hypersensitivity
Perspectives
This device will help to quantify the degree of compromise of laryngopharyngeal sensitivity in dysphagia, obstructive sleep apnea and chronic cough due to laryngopharyngeal hypersensitivity. This will also be helpful to determine the efficacy of interventions aimed at improving laryngopharyngeal sensory compromise.
Dr Luis Fernando Giraldo-Cadavid
Universidad de La Sabana
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This page is a summary of: Design, development and validation of a new laryngo-pharyngeal endoscopic esthesiometer and range-finder based on the assessment of air-pulse variability determinants, BioMedical Engineering OnLine, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/s12938-016-0166-1.
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