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The target population is patients with intra‐deglutitive aspiration. When ready to swallow, the patient takes a deep breath, holds it, and then swallows while bearing down, followed by a cough [87]. The desired effect is to close the airway completely by adducting the vocal cords and arytenoids and approximating the adducted arytenoids to the base of the epiglottis in order to prevent aspiration. The subsequent cough expels any contents that potentially may have penetrated the airway.