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The SourceŽ for Voice Disorders - Adolescent & Adult

Author: Sandra (Kasper) Schwartz, M.S., CCC-SLP

CEUs offered: 0.5

CEEs offered: 5

Intermediate Level; Professional Area

Activity Description

This course will assist the clinician with evaluative tools and therapy tasks to provide services to patients with both functional and medical (organic/neurological) diagnoses. The course will be useful to clinicians with varying degrees of experience with voice disorders.

Activity Audience

This presentation is for Speech-Language Pathologists.

Learner Objectives

Participants who complete this course will be able to:

  • Identify evaluation tools and therapy tasks for patients with functional and/or medical voice disorders
  • Identify the anatomy of voice production
  • Describe the physiology of voice production
  • Discuss evaluation techniques and how to develop appropriate goals and treatment plans for patients with voice disorders
  • Describe and make treatment suggestions for a variety of voice disorders

Author Biography

Sandra (Kasper) Schwartz, M.S., CCC-SLP, received both her B.S. and M.S. in speech-language pathology from the University of Pittsburgh. Her focus has been in the areas of voice and dysphagia since 1994. Sandy has provided clinical services in acute care, university clinic, and ENT practice settings. She also serves as a clinical consultant to KAY Elemetrics for their voice and swallowing instrumentation, providing videostroboscopy and FEES training to speech-language pathologists and otolaryngologists.

Sandy is presently employed by the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Otolaryngology as clinical specialist for voice and head-and-neck cancer.


This presentation, "The SourceŽ for Voice Disorders - Adolescent & Adult", 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.