If you have a patient who has a delay in triggering the pharyngeal swallow reflex, the purpose of thermal stimulation is to: 1  heighten the sensitivity for the swallow and trigger the pharyngeal swallow at the time of stimulation. 2  permanently heighten sensitivity. 3  both.
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