Laryngeal Dystonia Part 1: Clinical Assessment
Presented by Maurice E. Goodwin and Christie DeLuca
Financial: Maurice E. Goodwin is an employee for Houston Methodist Hospital. He also is the owner of Goodwin Voice & Speech, the founder of VoiceProEd, and an adjunct professor for Lamar University. He receives compensation from MedBridge for this course.
Nonfinancial: Christie DeLuca has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Nonfinancial: Maurice E. Goodwin has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
This course is designed for speech pathologists seeking to deepen their understanding of the assessment of neurological voice disorders, specifically laryngeal dystonia. Participants will engage with detailed content that highlights the defining and presenting characteristics of laryngeal dystonia through exploration of normal and disordered neurolaryngeal anatomy and physiology, multidisciplinary evaluation strategies, and practical assessment tasks, with information on how to navigate assessment in this complex patient population, equipping professionals with the tools needed to conduct thorough and effective evaluations.
Learning Objectives
- Determine physiology, anatomy, and overview of normal and impaired laryngeal neurology in the setting of laryngeal dystonia
- Analyze defining and presenting characteristics, including auditory-perceptual, acoustic, and aerodynamic presentations
- Examine multidisciplinary evaluation strategies and tasks for assessment
- Integrate assessment data into clinical decision-making to determine candidacy for treatment in clients presenting with laryngeal dystonia
- Determine challenges and difficulties with assessment
- Examine ways to utilize assessment data for setting appropriate intervention expectations and for initial treatment planning
Meet your instructors
Maurice E. Goodwin
Maurice E. Goodwin is a licensed and practicing speech-language pathologist, voice teacher, and performer living in Houston, Texas. Professionally, he specializes in the evaluation and treatment of the singing voice and voice disorders at the Texas Voice Center. He currently serves as adjunct faculty at Lamar University. He…
Christie DeLuca
Christie DeLuca is a clinical voice specialist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, an adjunct professor of voice disorders at CSU San Marcos, an adjunct faculty member of the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, and a mentor for early-career voice SLPs. She did her clinical fellowship at the Mount Sinai Grabscheid…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Introduction and Neurological Voice Education Overview
This chapter will provide an overview of physiology and anatomy for normal and impaired laryngeal neurology to serve as a foundation for understanding assessment of laryngeal dystonia.
2. Defining Characteristics
Before being able to conduct adequate assessment in this population, clinicians must understand characteristics and traits of this unique neurological voice disorder. This chapter will outline defining and presenting characteristics of laryngeal dystonia, including auditory-perceptual, acoustic, and aerodynamic presentations of each.
3. Assessment
The complexities of neurological voice disorders can create challenges in adequate assessment of these disorders. This chapter will identify multidisciplinary evaluation strategies and tasks for comprehensive and effective assessment of laryngeal dystonia. It will cover task-specific and disorder-specific assessment tasks, differential diagnosis, and challenges with assessment.
4. Initial Treatment Planning
It is important to understand how to interpret and synthesize assessment data for effective intervention. This chapter will outline how to use assessment data from all assessment components to determine candidacy for disorder-specific available treatment options. It will also discuss how to initiate intervention planning with collected assessment data and potential challenges that arise in the setting of laryngeal dystonia.
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