Table 1.

The Royal Adelaide Dysphagia score. Each food is given an increasing score based on its difficulty to swallow. The maximum score therefore indicates that the patient never has difficulty with any of the foods and therefore scores 45.

Swallowing difficulty in:-	Always (x0)	Occasionally (x0.5)	Never (x1)
1-water
2-milk/soup
3-Custard/yoghurt
4-Jelly
5-scrambled egg/mash
6-fish/boiled potatoes
7-bread
8-apple
9-steak