Medical Aspects of Voice, Swallowing and the Airway for Speech Language Pathologists

Participants will be able to:

1. Label the anatomy of the esophagus
2. Describe the physiology of the esophagus and the swallow mechanism
3. Define Esophageal reflux and describe its affects on the voice, swallow, and airway (VSA)
4. Describe irritable larynx syndrome and its affects on the airway
5. List successful treatments for irritable larynx syndrome
6. View successful case studies of ILS with treatment (irritable larynx syndrome)
7. List indications for specific Endoscopic exams necessary for accurate diagnosis and treatment. (TNV, TNB, TNE)
8. Describe esophageal disorders and how they affect the upper airway with video examples
9. Define esophageal dysphagia
10. Describe the importance of dysphagia history in differential diagnosis
11. Define LPR and how this affects the voice, swallow, and airway
12. Describe how allergic disease affects the voice, swallow, and airway
13. Describe how Neurologic Disease States affect the voice, swallow, and airway
14. Describe how Thyroid Disease affects the VSA
15. List the reasons for the necessity to obtain an accurate diagnose in treatment of the professional vocalist
16. List the goals for a SLP in treatment of the professional vocalist
17. List voice pathologies in case studies of professional vocalists ( video case examples)
18. Describe how medications may affect voice, swallow, and airway
19. List specific guidelines to promote voice hygiene and recovery of the professional vocalist.

Richard Beck, M.D. FACS,

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Amy Moss, M.A., CCC-SLP,

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