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May 22-23, 2017 Las Vegas, USA

International Conference on

Speech Language Pathology

Volume 2, Issue 3 (Suppl)

J Speech Pathol Ther

ISSN: 2472-5005, an open access journal

ISLPC 2017

May 22-23, 2017

Infant feeding difficulties: A look at high-risk populations

Amber Valentine

and

Lillian Scott

Baptist Health Kentucky, USA

Baptist Health Lexington, USA

eeding is themost complex task of infancy, even in termbabies with no complications.There aremany diagnoses, conditions,

syndromes and co-morbidities that can impact feeding in neonates and infants. This talk will briefly highlight many of

those, but we will focus on three specific populations of interest: Neonatal abstinence syndrome, Infants of diabetic mothers

and Down syndrome. We will discuss the specific implications of these conditions can have on feeding, why these infants may

have difficulty and the classic symptoms one could expect to see. The differences between delayed and disordered feeding will

also be addressed. Strategies and adaptions for both breast and bottle feeding will be discussed. Positioning, nipple flow rate

and external strategies will be explained. Case studies will also be shared.

J Speech Pathol Ther 2017, 2:3,(Suppl)