LIVE-CSHA Webinar: Maximizing the Motor Speech Evaluation: A Crash Course for the Acute Care Speech-Language Pathologist – 90-Minute

90-Minute Live
December 1, 2022
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm MT

Presented by Allison Hilger, PhD, CCC-SLP

Abstract:
Dysarthria is a disorder of the execution of speech which can negatively affect speech intelligibility naturalness with detrimental effects on communicative participation and quality of life. Dysarthria etiology includes numerous neurologic diseases, such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Despite this relationship, motor speech diagnostics are often under-utilized in the busy acute care setting. The potential contribution to differential neurologic diagnosis may therefore be overlooked. In addition, dysarthria patients report under-referral to speech therapy services, suggesting an assessment gap may negatively impact future intervention. This presentation will overview evidence-based procedures for motor speech assessment, propose a framework for efficient interpretation of evaluation findings and suggest directions for treatment planning.

Learner Outcomes:
At the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify and list neurological conditions associated with subtypes of dysarthria.
• Describe symptoms associated with dysarthria subtypes and associated neurological conditions.
• Create relevant goals based on a subsystem approach.

Time-Ordered Agenda:

• 15 minutes:  Introduction to motor speech disorders: dysarthria and apraxia of speech
• 15 minutes:  Why diagnosis of motor speech disorders is important for acute care
• 15 minutes:  Assessing motor speech disorders when you know the neurological diagnosis
• 15 minutes:  Assessing motor speech disorders when the neurological diagnosis is unknown
• 15 minutes:  Using assessment findings to develop goals using a subsystem approach
• 15 minutes:  Questions

About the Presenter:
Allison Hilger, PhD, CCC-SLP is the Principal Investigator of the CO Motor Speech Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder. She started at CU in 2020 after graduating with her PhD from Northwestern University. Allison’s research interests include auditory feedback control in speech, phrasal prosody in dysarthria, and the acoustics of speech for aerosol generation. In her free time, Allison enjoys hiking with her dog, Bader, her husband, Daniel and her son, Benjamin in the many trails around Boulder, Colorado.  She also enjoys reading, skiing, and weightlifting.

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Disclosure Statements
Relevant Financial Relationships: The presenter has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Relevant Non-Financial Relationships: The presenter has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.