TheraSIP™ Swallowing Trainer 
Developed by Kathleen Smead
Helps Improve Safe Swallowing for Individuals with Dysphagia
The TheraSIP™ device strengthens all the muscles and valves involved in swallowing through strength increase via resistance exercise.
By providing a set of Micro-Resistance straws that require an increasingly more difficult suck, the muscles of the swallow must work against this resistance. Thera-Sip allows the maximization of results because the patient can supplement therapy sessions with at-home exercises. As the musculature strengthens, both the patient and the clinician can track increases in the amount of liquid drawn through the Micro-Resistant Straw, the frequency of swallows practiced, and the speed of swallows.
The TheraSIP™ Swallowing Trainer is used in conjunction with standard swallowing therapy strategies to provide measurements of effort, incentive, and resistance exercise using very small amounts of thin liquids.
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