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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Related to alligator: Chinese alligator Up to (one's) neck in alligators business adage The full expression is some variation of: When you are up to your neck in alligators, it's easy to forget that the goal was to drain the swamp.