About us

Specialized swallowing care rooted in experience, education, and compassion.

RGV Dysphagia Diagnostics & Swallowing Clinic was created to help patients, families, and healthcare teams receive clear answers and supportive guidance for swallowing concerns.

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Our story

Bringing specialized dysphagia care closer to home.

RGV Dysphagia Diagnostics & Swallowing Clinic is a specialty practice focused on swallowing evaluations, dysphagia therapy, education, and support for the Rio Grande Valley community.

The clinic was built around a simple belief: patients and families deserve clear explanations, compassionate care, and practical recommendations they can understand.

Meet Our Team
Audra Soto smiling in a clinical setting

Meet

Audra Soto

M.S., CCC-SLP

  • Master of Science in Communication Sciences & Disorders
  • Speech-language pathologist
  • Swallowing & dysphagia specialist
  • Endoscopist

Audra Soto is a speech-language pathologist with experience in swallowing disorders, dysphagia care, and endoscopic swallowing assessment.

Our philosophy

Evaluate Empower Enhance

Evaluate

We take time to understand symptoms, medical history, swallowing function, and patient goals.

Empower

We explain findings and recommendations in a way patients, families, and providers can understand.

Enhance

We support safer, more comfortable, and more confident eating and drinking whenever possible.

What makes us different

Specialized Focus

Swallowing care is not an add-on service here. It is the center of the practice.

Local Understanding

We are proud to serve the Rio Grande Valley and support accessible, community-based care.

Clear Communication

Patients and families should not leave confused. Education and next steps matter.

Collaborative Care

We work alongside families, caregivers, physicians, facilities, and other providers.

Dignity-First Approach

Every recommendation should respect safety, comfort, culture, and quality of life.

A personal approach

Caring for the whole person.

This clinic reflects values of warmth, service, family, and community. Patients are treated with respect, patience, and understanding. Families are welcomed into the process, and providers are supported with clear communication.

Clinician explaining care to an older adult patient