Diabetes and The SLP: What Should SLPs Know?
Theresa Richard M.A. CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Board Certified in Swallowing, Founder/CEO of the MedSLP Collective and MedSLP Education, Host of the Swallow Your Pride Podcaster, Best-Selling Author of “So You’re Having Trouble Swallowing,” PhD student
Diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in the United States, and currently over 10% of people in the US are diagnosed with Diabetes.
You might think that SLPs don’t really need to know much about Diabetes, but I’m here to tell you some surprising facts and ways that we actually CAN help this population.
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Zilliox, L. A., Chadrasekaran, K., Kwan, J. Y., & Russell, J. W. (2016). Diabetes and Cognitive Impairment. Current diabetes reports, 16(9), 87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-016-0775-x
Kabadi U. M. (1988). Unilateral vocal cord palsy in a diabetic patient. Postgraduate medicine, 84(4), 53–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1988.11700420