Table 1.

Characteristics of participants.

	Healthy participants	Patients with dysphagia
Number	20	15
Sex ratio (M:F)	10:10	9:6
Age (years)	29.13 ± 5.694	70.20 ± 8.77
Duration (months)		4.57 ± 3.22
Cause of dysphagia		Hemispheric stroke (n = 10)
		(SICH = 1, infarction = 9)
		Brain stem stroke (n = 4)
		(Infarction = 4)
		TSAH (n = 1)
Symptoms of dysphagia		Protective cough with eating (n = 15)
		Food sticking in throat (n = 7)
		Drooling (n = 2)
		Having a wet or weak voice (n = 3)
		Globus sensation (n = 5)
		Difficulty chewing (n = 4)

Mean ± standard deviation, M:F, male:female; TSAH, traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage; SICH, spontaneous intra-cerebral hemorrhage.

Food sticking, cough with eating, globus sensation, or diet change.