I wonder if this would help other people with problems with swallowing, like those with MS?
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/uon-esr111020.php
News Release 10-Nov-2020
University of Nottingham
People with neurological conditions, such as stroke and head injury, often have problems with swallowing food and drinking safely, which is called "neurogenic dysphagia".
Unfortunately there are few effective treatments and many people subsequently develop pneumonia, which leads to extended stays in hospital and many even die.
In response to this, a group of experts carried out PHADER - the largest-ever study testing whether electrical stimulation of the back of the throat (pharynx), using a treatment catheter, would improve swallowing in people with a recent stroke or head injury, or who had been in an intensive care unit and needed ventilation.
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The findings of the research, published today in EClinicalMedicine, showed that most people's swallowing problems improved, and so allowing feeding tubes to be removed and for patients to be discharged from hospital.
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