
SOUTHEASTERN BIOCOMMUNICATION ASSOCIATES, LLC
Comprehensive Assessment of the Aerodigestive Tract Since 2010

Southeastern Biocommunication Associates (SBA) has 15 years of experience in the practice and clinical science of medical speech-language pathology across the healthcare continuum. Founded by Dr. Robert Arnold and Veda Cochran, SBA has successfully pioneered the Comprehensive Swallow Assessment (CSA), which employs a unique differential diagnostic algorithm, fully based on established clinical evidence, for the holistic evaluation of the upper aerodigestive tract. It has proven to be a safe and well-tolerated procedure with an unparalleled diagnostic yield. It allows for a comprehensive endoscopic diagnosis of the physiology of the aerodigestive system, addressing disorders of voice, resonance, cough, breathing, the oral-pharyngeal swallow, as well as screening for gastroesophageal dysphagia. Well over 20,000 procedures have been safely performed to date, in primarily rural settings (skilled nursing facilities, outpatient clinics, community hospitals, and physician offices) in the Southeastern United States, where access to quality diagnosis of aerodigestive disorders is limited or nonexistent.