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The coordination of respiration with swallowing in healthy adults is critical for airway protection and the safe ingestion of food/liquids. We found that the literature supports a common respiratory-swallow pattern for healthy adults. Most healthy adult swallow during exhalation at approximately mid lung lung.

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The following have contributed to this summary: Mark Temenak and Theresa Hopkins-Rossabi

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