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2. a flexible camera passed through the nose to visualize the throat while eating and drinking
6. Sound made when air vibrates the vocal folds in the larynx to produce speech
8. non-invasive, video X-ray used to evaluate the safety and efficiency of a patient’s swallowing function
9. An acquired motor speech disorder that impairs the ability to form and execute the motor plans for speech.
11. Voice Box
14. Throat
15. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
17. also known as oral aversion
18. a pair of small depressions (valleys) at the base of the tongue,
19. A scientific word for swallowing, or passing something from the mouth into the stomach via the throat and esophagus.
20. occurs when food, liquid, saliva, or vomit enters the airway and lungs instead of the esophagus

1. A motor-speech disorder that results in unclear speech
3. Deep penetration of the pyriform sinus
4. Painful swallowing
5. A shaped ball of food or liquid ready for swallowing.
7. occurs when material enters the larynx but stays above the vocal folds
10. An expressive language impairment that makes it difficult to recall words and names.
12. An acquired language disorder caused by damage to the language centers of the brain.
13. The rise and fall of pitch in the voice during speech.
16. soft palate