After one week 's and two weeks ' treatment , the water swallow score and swallow dysfunction score were significantly improved in the acupuncture , NSES and combined treatment groups ( P < 0.01 ) , and the difference values between pre - and post-treatment of the water swallow score and swallow ability score in the combined treatment group were obviously higher than those of the acupuncture and NSES groups ( P < 0.01 , P < 0.05 ) .