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presented by Ann W. Kummer, PhD, CCC-SLP, F-ASHA
Financial: Ann W. Kummer receives compensation from MedBridge for the production of this course. She also receives royalties from her book Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Conditions: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management (4th edition) and from a clinical device, the Oral & Nasal Listener (ONL). She receives honoraria for seminars on cleft palate, craniofacial anomalies, resonance disorders, and velopharyngeal dysfunction and receives payment for consulting on business practices of speech-language pathology programs.
Nonfinancial: Ann W. Kummer has no relevant nonfinancial relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Satisfactory completion requirements: All disciplines must complete learning assessments to be awarded credit, no minimum score required unless otherwise specified within the course.
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Ann W. Kummer, PhD, CCC-SLP, F-ASHA
Dr. Ann W. Kummer retired as senior director of the Division of Speech-Language Pathology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital in September 2017. Under her direction, the speech-language pathology program at Cincinnati Children's became the largest pediatric program in the nation and one of the most respected. Dr. Kummer remains clinically and academically active as a professor…
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1. Facial Structures
This chapter will include a discussion of certain features of normal eyes, ears, nasal cavity and nose, and mouth and how these structures can be affected by malformations. This will help the SLP to evaluate these structures and recognize abnormalities when they occur.
2. Intraoral Structures
In this chapter, the presenter will point out landmark features of the tongue, faucial pillars, hard palate, velum, and uvula and how these structures can be affected by malformations. This will help the SLP to evaluate these structures and recognize abnormalities when they occur.
3. Pharyngeal Structures and Velopharyngeal Function
In this chapter, the presenter will describe the structures of the velopharyngeal valve. There will be an explanation of how the velopharyngeal valve functions during speech.
4. Physiologic Subsystems of Speech
This chapter will include a discussion of the subsystems of speech, which include respiration, phonation, velopharyngeal function, and articulation. The presenter will describe how these subsystems are dependent on each other and need to work together as a team.
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