7th Congress of the European Society on Swallowing Disorders and World Dysphagia Summit, Barcelona, Spain, September 18-23, 2017 Abstracts

This meeting, which focuses on world dysphagia summit, contains approximately 43 oral abstracts and lists 226 poster presentations in English. Topics include deep learning based classification of swallowing measures using a smartphone connected wearable device, correlation between pharyngeal residue and aspiration in fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing, volume effects on upper esophageal sphincter opening in ageing, andswallowing function is a nondopaminergic condition in Parkinson's disease. Other topics are cut-off values of the cough strength induced by the citric acid induced reflex cough test in those at risk of aspiration pneumonia, and pathophysiology of bolus inefficiency in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy.