Hamlet S L, Nelson R J, Patterson R L
Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1990 Sep;99(9 Pt 1):749-52. doi: 10.1177/000348949009900916.
The sounds of swallowing in normal subjects were recorded by means of a miniature accelerometer on the throat, simultaneously with videofluoroscopy of a modified barium swallow. Consistent correspondence was found between a rapid change in the acoustic spectrum of the accelerometer signal (the appearance of a region of energy prominence above 1,000 Hz) and bolus flow through the cricopharyngeus.