Open AccessDecision making and the bedside assessment: The Speech Language Therapists’ thinking when making a diagnosis at the bed
Author(s) -
Kim Coutts,
Mershen Pillay
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
south african journal of communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.296
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2225-4765
pISSN - 0379-8046
DOI - 10.4102/sajcd.v68i1.790
Subject(s) - auscultation , context (archaeology) , multidisciplinary approach , psychology , instinct , medicine , paleontology , social science , radiology , evolutionary biology , sociology , biology
The bedside assessment is often seen as a screener because of its high variability in sensitivity and specificity, whilst the instrumental measures are viewed as gold standards because of the ability of speech-language therapist (SLT) to visualise the swallow more objectively.