AN ULTRASONOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE ORGANISATION OF SUCKING AND SWALLOWING BY NEWBORN INFANTS

Abstract
Healthy infants'' sucking, swallowing and breathing movements were observed ultrasonographically during breast- and bottle-feeding between two and five days after birth. Sucks were found to occur either on their own or in combination with a swallow. Swallows did not occur on their own. Younger babies'' swallowing invariably was associated with a pause in breathing. Older babies generally showed better co-ordination of sucking, swallowing and breathing than younger ones, whether breast- or bottle-feeding.

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