Pharyngeal High-Resolution Manometry
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- About
- How it works
- Our facility
About this service
UT Medicine offers Central Texas’ only pharyngeal high-resolution manometry service, an advanced diagnostic tool used to assess dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, in adults. Unlike imaging tests like a barium swallow study, this in-office procedure measures muscle pressures in real time to better understand how your throat functions during swallowing.
Led by licensed speech-language pathologists, the service helps pinpoint the specific areas of the throat that may not be working properly. Using that data, we design a personalized treatment plan that may include targeted rehabilitation exercises to improve swallowing function and enhance quality of life.
How it works
Pharyngeal high-resolution manometry uses a slim, flexible tube with pressure sensors, gently inserted through the nose to the upper esophagus. As you swallow different textures of food and liquid, the sensors record pressure patterns throughout your throat.
The results are displayed live so both you and your clinician can see which areas may be underperforming. This allows for immediate feedback and helps guide your treatment plan, including therapeutic exercises that target those specific weak points.
Our facility
UT Medicine is housed in the Health Transformation Building (HTB) on The University of Texas at Austin campus. It neighbors Dell Medical School’s research and learning buildings as well as the Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas.
The Health Transformation Building is outfitted with state-of-the-art technology and is organized to support an unmatched level of multidisciplinary care. Patients have access to all of the resources and amenities UT Medicine has to offer, including attached garage parking, comfortable waiting areas, an on-site cafe, a full-service H-E-B pharmacy, advance imaging and lab testing, as well as an Ambulatory Surgery Center for same-day surgical care.