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Understanding and Assessing Dysarthria
Author: Nancy B. Swigert, M.A., CCC-SLP
CEUs offered: 0.2
CEEs offered: 2
Intermediate Level; Professional Area
Activity Description
This course approaches the assessment of dysarthria from a perceptual framework, describing what is heard in each of the five sub-systems: respiration; phonation; resonance; articulation; and prosody. Course includes information on evaluating dysarthria and making the differential diagnosis.
Activity Audience
This presentation is for Speech-Language Pathologists
Learner Objectives
Participants who successfully complete this activity will be able to:
- Describe formal tests available for assessing dysarthria
- State the five sub-systems of speech that are assessed when completing a dysarthria assessment
- Understand how to utilize informal tasks for assessing dysarthria
- Describe how differential diagnosis can occur in several examples of different types of dysarthria
- State stimulability tasks for different perceptual problems
Author Biography
Nancy B. Swigert, M.A., CCC-SLP, is the director of Speech-Language Pathology and Respiratory Care at Central Baptist Hospital, an acute care facility in Lexington, KY. Prior to this, for 26 years, Nancy was the President of Swigert & Associates, Inc., a private practice providing speech-language pathology services in the Central Kentucky area. She is a Board Recognized Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders.
Nancy received her master's degree from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville. She is a former President of the Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association (KSHA), the Council of State Association Presidents, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Board of Trustees. She was on the Steering Committee for ASHA Special Interest Division 13, Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders, for six years and Coordinator for three of the six years. She chairs the Health Care Economics Committee for ASHA. Nancy was twice awarded the Honors of KSHA and is a Fellow of ASHA.
This presentation, "Understanding and Assessing Dysarthria", was funded in its entirely by LinguiSystems, Inc.
LinguiSystems, Inc is approved by the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. See course information for number of ASHA CEUs, instructional level and content area. ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
Certified members of the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA) can accumulate continuing education equivalents (CEEs) for their participation with LinguiSystems, Inc. One hour of coursework equals 1 CEE. All CASLPA members are encouraged to participate in on-going education. CASLPA approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.