Table 1.
Summary of survey demographics
| Gender | |
| Male | 20% |
| Female | 80% |
| Years spent treating dysphagia | |
| < 1 | 3% |
| 1–5 | 34% |
| 6–10 | 23% |
| 11–20 | 24% |
| 21+ | 16% |
| Current and previous practice settings (select all that apply) | |
| Medical hospital | 77% |
| Rehabilitation hospital | 55% |
| Pediatric hospital | 6% |
| Skilled nursing facility | 54% |
| Home health | 34% |
| Outpatient | 60% |
| Private practice | 10% |
| Research laboratory | 7% |
| Other | 5% |
| Number of VFSSs performed each week (average) | |
| < 1 | 32% |
| 1–2 | 25% |
| 3–5 | 25% |
| 6–10 | 13% |
| 11+ | 5% |
| Frequency of frame-by-frame analysis for VFSS reviewing | |
| Never | 32% |
| 20% | 15% |
| 40% | 19% |
| 60% | 18% |
| 80% | 11% |
| 100% | 5% |
| Highest degree status | |
| PhD | 7% |
| MA/MS/MEd | 93% |
| Certifications | |
| CCC-SLP | 87% |
| MBSImP | 20% |
| BCS-S | 10% |
| Country | |
| United States or Canada | 94% |
| Other | 6% |
| Had a dedicated swallowing course | |
| Yes | 75% |
| No | 25% |
Note. VFSS = videofluoroscopic swallowing study; CCC-SLP = Certificate of Clinical Competence in the field of Speech-Language Pathology; MBSImP = Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile; BCS-S = Board-Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders.