Canterbury researcher wins Royal Society Medal for teaching patients how to swallow

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Professor Huckabee’s research is focused on rehabilitating those who have difficulty swallowing as a result of stroke, brain injury or neurological disease. These patients have primarily suffered damage to the part of the brain that controls the swallowing reflex, and through her research and repurposing existing technology, she has shown that it’s possible to recruit […]