Ronda Polansky earned a MS with Specialty in Allied Health Science (Speech Language Pathology) from Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. Ms. Polansky is owner/partner and speech pathologist with DiagnosTEX and is co-owner of Ampcare LLC. Ms. Polansky is co-developer of Effective Swallowing Protocol (ESP(tm)).
She is a Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist and has a certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Pathology from ASHA.
Affiliation
Owner/Partner and Speech Pathologist, DiagnosTEX, Hurst, Texas
A Bedside Swallow Evaluation (BSE) has definite limitations and aspiration cannot be confirmed or ruled out without Modified Barium Swallow Study (MBSS) (Swigert,1998). Approximately 40% of the patients who...