Resistance Swallowing Training in Patients With Tracheotomy

"The investigator instructed the patient to swallow forcefully while squeezing the tongue upward and backward in the direction of the soft palate based on the sounds of an electronic timer."

Patients in the test group, resistance swallowing exercise was performed by providing external resistance through Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI), and all other protocols were performed the same as those in the control group.