Dysphagia & Speech Loss Post-Stroke: How VitalStim Restores Swallowing

More than 50% of stroke survivors experience dysphagia (difficulty swallowing). Epiglottic dysfunction can lead to silent aspiration and fatal pneumonia if oral feeding is resumed prematurely without rehabilitation.

How VitalStim Restores Swallowing

Targeted neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) calibrated for the suprahyoid muscle groups triggers hyolaryngeal elevation and accelerates safe weaning from Ryle’s and PEG feeding tubes back to regular oral diets.