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Northern Speech is an ASHA continuing education provider offering ASHA online CEUs.

This speech pathology online course is offered for 0.5 ASHA CEUs.

A STUDY GUIDE TO IMPROVE YOUR ABILITY TO DIAGNOSE AND PLAN TREATMENT FOR OROPHARYNGEAL DYSPHAGIA THROUGH VIDEOFLUOROSCOPY

 

Course Format: Downloadable handout/manual that corresponds with video files (which also contain audio).

  

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The modified barium swallow study is a rehabilitative swallow study requiring speech-language pathologists to determine anatomic abnormalities and physiologic disorders that may cause aspiration, may place a person at high risk to aspirate, or may place a person at risk for dehydration and/or malnutrition. Participants will demonstrate their ability to determine the cause(s) of swallow abnormalities and plan treatment strategies that address the cause(s) of abnormal swallow behavior.

This study guide includes videos for 25 videofluoroscopic swallow studies of various swallowing disorders in adult patients. The accompanying manual discusses each swallow study, including the rationale for the diagnosis and treatment planning recommendations. A formal written report is also included for each swallow study.  

 

WHAT THIS STUDY GUIDE WILL DO FOR YOU:

• Master the skill of interpreting swallow x-ray studies.
• Perfect your ability to link symptoms of dysphagia with specific swallowing disorders.
• Distinguish yourself from clinicians who plan treatment programs based only on signs and symptoms of dysphagia rather than on swallow physiology and on effects of treatment introduced in x-ray.
• Improve patient outcomes and patient satisfaction through more accurate diagnostic techniques.
• Experience more personal satisfaction through better treatment outcomes.
• Gain confidence when interacting with physicians.
• Improve report-writing skills.

 

ALSO SEE:

Interpretation of Swallow Studies of Infants and Children (0.5 CEUs)

 

 

Purchase orders are accepted when registering for this eCourse.  However, they do not constitute as payment, so you will not be able to access the eCourse until we have received payment in the form of a check or credit card information.  

Course Objectives

At course conclusion, participants will be able to:

• Identify anatomic abnormalities that contribute or cause swallowing disorders.
• Identify physiologic abnormalities that cause swallowing disorders.
• State intervention strategies related to specific swallowing disorders that have been shown effective in preventing aspiration, dehydration or malnutrition.
• State intervention strategies related to anatomic abnormalities that cause or contribute to abnormal swallowing behavior.

A score of 80% or better must be received on the post-test in order to
receive a certificate of completion. 

Author Profile

Dr. Jeri A. Logemann, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, is the Ralph and Jean Sundin Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, and Professor of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery and Neurology at Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois. She directs the Voice, Speech and Language Service and Swallowing Center at Northwestern University Medical School/Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr. Logemann received all of her degrees at Northwestern, including a two-year postdoctoral appointment.

Dr. Logemann's research interests include the management of voice disorders, normal swallowing physiology, the assessment and treatment of speech and swallowing dysfunction in treated head and neck cancer patients and neurologically impaired individuals, and in the development of randomized clinical trials. She has received NIH funding for her research in the areas of normal swallowing physiology and speech and swallowing disorders for the past 25 years.

She is co-author of the Fisher-Logemann Test of Articulation Competence, and she is author of Evaluation and Treatment of Swallowing Disorders and author of the Manual for the Videofluorographic Study of Swallowing. In addition to being a Fellow of ASHA and the Chicago Medical Society, Dr. Logemann was President of ASHA in 1994 and in 2000. Dr. Logemann was also the recipient of Honors of the Association from ASHA in 2003.

 

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Intended Audience

• SLP

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