Table 5.
Distribution of the penetration-aspiration scale (PAS) scores by swallow type.
| Normal | Penetration | Aspiration | total N | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Regular Effort | 106 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| Effortful | 95 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 |
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