OBJECTIVE: To relate the occurrence of cervical auscultation of swallowing in clinical assessment of the risk of dysphagia. METHODOLOGY: cross-sectional, observational, analytical and quantitative retrospective. The target population consisted of all patient records contained in the database of the Laboratory of the Dysphagia of HUSM. RESULTS: 68 subjects, 38 (55.88%) were female and 30 (44.11%) were male. Of the total female, 24 (63.15%) were diagnosed with functional swallowing and auscultation was adequate in 20 cases (83.33%) was abnormal in four (16.66%), 11 (28.94%) had mild dysphagia and auscultation was adequate in eight (72.72%) and abnormal in three (27.27%) and three (7.89%) mild to moderate dysphagia, and auscultation changes in 100% of individuals. In males, 19 (63.33%) had functional deglutition and auscultation was adequate in 16 (84.21%) and abnormal in three (15.78%), seven (23.33%) had mild dysphagia, these, six (85.71%) with an appropriate and auscultation (14.28%) with auscultation changes, four (13.33) had mild to moderate dysphagia, and in two (50%) was adequate auscultation and two (50 %) was amended to auscultation. CONCLUSION: dominant percentage of females, the diagnosis of functional swallowing and adequate cervical auscultation in both genders in most classifications of dysphagia. Neck auscultation was changed as more severe degree of dysphagia, and should be considered adequate obtain this parameter in the assessment of risk for dysphagia, but this must be related to the set of amendments tabled by the patients.