Table 5.

Frequencies (percentage) of ordinal ratings for the location of the leading edge of the bolus on the frames of hyoid burst and laryngeal vestibule closure by consistency.

Parameter	Consistency	Ramus of mandible	Vallecular pit	Posterior laryngeal surface of epiglottis	Pyriform sinus	In UES	No appreciable swallow initiation
Bolus location at swallow onset (i.e., on the frame of hyoid burst onset)	Thin	25.2	18.0	19.8	36.9	0.0	0.0
	Slightly thick	26.1	20.0	26.1	27.8	0.0	0.0
	Mildly thick	27.4	14.5	28.2	29.9	0.0	0.0
	Moderately thick	34.2	24.6	28.9	12.3	0.0	0.0
	Extremely thick	27.9	34.2	32.4	5.4	0.0	0.0
	Total	28.2	22.2	27.1	22.5	0.0	0.0
Bolus location on the frame of laryngeal vestibule closure	Thin	2.7	0.0	4.5	12.5	80.4	0.0
	Slightly thick	4.3	0.0	0.9	15.4	79.5	0.0
	Mildly thick	1.7	0.0	1.7	23.9	72.6	0.0
	Moderately thick	0.9	0.9	3.4	35.9	59.0	0.0
	Extremely thick	0.0	0.0	6.1	33.0	60.9	0.0
	Total	1.4	0.4	3.2	27.1	67.9	0.0

Note. UES = upper esophageal sphincter.