Voice And Resonance Disorders CEU Courses for SLPs

This course addresses the various questions that may arise for the medical SLP involved in the care of patients with tracheostomy and/or mechanical ventilation. Topics include causes of respiratory failure, consequences of tracheostomy/ventilation, risk management related to intervention, and considerations for assessment and treatment of swallowing and communication, including the use of speaking valves.

This course provides information to help participants differentiate between central and peripheral leakage of tracheoesophageal voice prostheses and identify the potential causes. Specific solutions are discussed, including problem-solving applicable to both inpatient and outpatient settings.

This course identifies the basic functions of an artificial larynx as well as strategies to optimize use across both inpatient and outpatient settings. Additionally, it discusses techniques to assess and train patients to use the artificial larynx and apply simple troubleshooting techniques.

COVID-19 is a highly contagious virus that can result in many respiratory, otolaryngological, and neurological symptoms, including dysphagia. This course explores causal mechanisms of swallow dysfunction in patients with COVID-19 and discusses critical information about assessment and treatment of these vulnerable patients, such as the need to assess respiration during the clinical swallow evaluation.

This course will address real-life scenarios therapists often come across when providing therapy to patients with voice disorders. Best referral practices and risk factors related to occupation and personality will be described. Evidence-based treatment strategies and principles - including for specific populations (e.g., pediatric, geriatric, performers) - are discussed, with particular focus on application of research.

This course will review fundamental principles of yoga and demonstrate simple movements and breathing techniques that can be applied when working with adult patients in acute care and outpatient settings. Benefits and contraindications will also be discussed.

This Back to Basics course will discuss direct behavioral voice therapy approaches for common functional and organic vocal disorders. It will focus on therapy approaches to remediate each specific speech subsystem, including the respiratory, laryngeal and supralaryngeal systems.

This Back to Basics course will discuss assessment procedures needed to complete a functional assessment of common dysphonias. Special emphasis will be placed on streamlining voice disorder assessment protocols to the minimal perceptual, acoustic, aerodynamic and self-evaluation techniques needed to perform a comprehensive, yet time-efficient, voice evaluation.

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. This course will discuss available tools to use for respiratory muscle strength training (RMST). Protocols for inspiratory and expiratory muscle strength training will be reviewed as well as contraindications for use. (Part 1 - Course 9282)

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. This course will provide an overview of respiration and why respiratory muscle strength training is important. Appropriate diagnoses for patient referral, including COVID-19, will be examined, as well as evidence for use of respiratory muscle strength training. (Part 2 - Course 9283)