Feeding Interventions for Infants with Vocal Fold Immobility Following Cardiac Surgery

The small sample size is a limitation to this study. Infants with vocal fold immobility are high-risk for silent aspiration, and discharging home with feeding tube support is very common. OT practitioners should consider vocal cord augmentation as a factor when choosing between feeding interventions for infants with vocal fold paresis. Data from this small retrospective chart review study can be used to guide OT practitioners treating infants with vocal fold immobility, and may inform future research with larger sample sizes to evaluate the efficacy of feeding interventions for this population.