Our Research
The TCD Swallowing and Voice Centre is interested in all aspects of interdisciplinary dysphagia research.
Some emerging research themes in our to date include:
- Diagnostic accuracy of clinical dysphagia evaluation
- Evidence of existing dysphagia interventions
- Validation of novel instrumental dysphagia evaluations
- Challenges of living with dysphagia
Students dissertation topics
Click here to see the dissertation titles of past PhD and MSc (Dysphagia) students and related publications.
Conference posters and presentation
From this page you can browse and download most recent conference abstracts and presentation from Trinity Dysphagia Center Students and Researchers.
8th ESSD Congress European Society for Swallowing Disorders Annual Congress 2018 25-29 September 2018 Dublin, Ireland
Gilheany O., Walshe M. Oral Stage Dysphagia In Adults Presenting With Temporomandibular Disorders
Kenny C., Regan J., Walsh T. D. Dysphagia in solid cancer: prevalence and predictors
Kenny C., Regan J., Walsh T. D. Dysphagia in solid cancer: clinical characteristics and impact
Greene Z., Cunningham C., O’Neill F., Cotter C.Evaluation of a Pilot Programme for Training Nursing Staff in Administering the R.O.S.E. Infant Oral Feeding Screening Tool
Manduchi B., Fainman G., Walshe M. Managing Swallowing Disorders in Adults With Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review of the Evidence
Powell S., Fainman G., Walshe M.The Nature of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in the Five Most Common Subtypes of Dementia: A Systematic Review
Ioannou M., Koutsouridis K., Walshe M. Interventions for dysphagia associated with Upper Oesophageal Sphincter dysfunction in Inclusion Body Myositis Patients: A Systematic Review
7th ESSD Congress and WDS
European Society for Swallowing Disorders Annual Congress 2017 and World Dysphagia Summit
18-23 September 2017
Barcelona, Spain
Higgins E. & Regan J. Exploring the Effects of Carbonation on Swallow Safety in Adults With Neurogenic Dysphagia: A FEES Study
Mavrea, S & Regan J. Perceptual and Acoustic Evaluation of Pitch Elevation to Predict Aspiration Status Ii Adults With Dysphagia Of Various Aetiologies/Beyond Stroke
O’ Hara B., Daly D., Regan J.Decision-Making Means to Me… I Can Decide… What I Eat’’: Exploring Experiences of Decision-Making in Adults with Cerebral Palsy and Dysphagia- An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Moloney J. & Walshe M.The Beliefs and Practices of Speech and Language Therapists Regarding Quality of Life Issues In Dysphagia Management – An International Survey
Battel I., Calvo I., Koch I., Walshe M.The Italian Version of Fois (Fois-It): A Study of Cross Cultural Translation and Validation
Gilheaney O., Zgaga L., Stassen L. F. A., Walshe M. ‘‘Eating Is My Worst Nightmare’’: The Epidemiological Investigation of Oral Stage Dysphagia in Adult Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders
Recent Publications
-Walshe M, Huckabee ML, Clinical Cases in Dysphagia, UK, Routledge, 2018
-Flynn E, Smith CH, Walsh CD, Walshe M, Modifying the consistency of food and fluids for swallowing difficulties in dementia, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 24(9), 2018, CD011077
-Gilheaney O, Kerr P. Walshe M, The use of modified diet by adults with temporomandibular disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis, Journal of the Irish Dental Association, 64(5), 2018, p249-254
-Battel I, Calvo I, Walshe M, Cross-Cultural Validation of the Italian Version of the Functional Oral Intake Scale, Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 70(3-4), 2018, p117-123
Huckabee M L, Macintosh T, Fuller L, Curry M,Thomas P, Walshe M, McCague E, Battel I, Nogueira D, Frank U, van den Engel-Hoek L, Sella Weiss O. W, The Test of Mastication and Swallowing Solids (TOMASS) : Reliability, Validity and International Normative Data , International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 53, (1), 2018, p144 - 156
Kenny, C., Gilheaney, O, Walsh, D, Regan, J., Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Evaluation Tools in Adults with Solid Malignancies Outside the Head and Neck and Upper GI Tract: A Systematic Review, Dysphagia, 2018
Gilheaney O, Stassen L. Walshe M, Prevalence, Nature and Management of oral stage dysphagia in adults with temporomandibular joint disorders: Findings from an Irish cohort , Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2018
Walshe M, Ryan M, Regan J, Screening for Dysphagia: Perspectives and practices of speech and language therapists in the Republic of Ireland. , Folia Phoniatrica , 69, (5-6), 2017, p226 - 238
Zarkada, A., Regan, J., Inter-rater Reliability of the Dysphagia Outcome and Severity Scale (DOSS): Effects of Clinical Experience, Audio-Recording and Training, Dysphagia, 2017
Regan, J, Lawson, S, De Aguair, The Eating Assessment Tool-10 Predicts Aspiration in Adults with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Dysphagia, 32, (5), 2017, p714 - 720
Greene Z, O Donnel C, Walshe M. Oral stimulation for promoting oral feeding in preterm infants Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 9, 2016
Hill F, Hill F, Miller N, Walsh RA, Mockler D, McDowell R, Walshe M, Botulinum toxin for drooling in Parkinson's disease, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews , 10, 2016, p1 - 17Review, 2016
Baijens L, Clave P, Cras P, Ekberg O, Forster A, Kolb G, Leners JC, Masiero S, Mateos-Nazal, Ortega O, Smithard G, Speyer R, Walshe M, European Society for Swallowing Disorders- European Union Geriatric Medicine Society White Paper: Oropharyngeal Dysphagia as a Geriatric Syndrome, Clinical Intervention in Aging, 11, 2016, p1403 - 1428. Journal Article, 2016
Calvo I, Conway A, Henriques F, Walshe M, The Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Feeding Evaluations in detecting aspiration in children: A diagnostic test accuracy systematic review , Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology , 2016, p314-Journal Article, 2016
Regan, J., Walshe, M., Timon, C., & McMahon, B. P. (2015). Endoflip® evaluation of pharyngo‐oesophageal segment tone and swallowing in a clinical population: a total laryngectomy case series. Clinical Otolaryngology, 40(2), 121-129.