Course Directors

Elina Tripoliti, PhD, MRCSLT - National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
Hanneke Kalf, PhD - Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Faculty

Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer, PhD - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Heather M. Clark, MD - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Stefan Lorenzl, MD - Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Neuried, Germany
Yael Manor, PhD-CCC, SLP - Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Francesca Morgante, MD, PhD - St. George's University of London, Messina, Italy
Jan Rusz, PhD - Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Ellika Schalling, PhD - Karolinska Universitet, Stockholm, Sweden
Kristina Simonyan, MD, PhD - Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Tobias Warnecke, MD - University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

The primary purpose of this course is to bring together the basic knowledge and clinical practice in assessing and treating speech and swallowing problems both in hypokinetic and hyperkinetic disorders. Saliva control, an often overlooked disability, is also going to be discussed as it affects both the ability to speak and to swallow.

The ability to communicate effectively is vital, but highly compromised in the majority of patients with Movement Disorders, leading to inability to maintain employment and family/ social roles. Equally, the ability to enjoy a meal safely can be severely affected by tremor, bradykinesia and rigidity of the muscles involved in swallowing, with aspiration pneumonia being the main cause of death in Parkinson’s Disease.

In spite of advances in pharmacological and surgical treatments, speech and swallowing remain a challenge in the treatment of Movement Disorders.

Registration Fees

Member: Free

Non-Member: $50

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Upon completion of this activity learners will be able to:

1. Compare and describe the perceptual characteristics of hyperkinetic and hypokinetic speech disorders
2. Describe the main ways of assessing swallowing problems
3. Plan treatment based on functional aims for communication and participation.
4. Define the main issues related to tube feeding.
5. Discuss the main ways of dealing with sialorrhoea in PD

 DAY 1 - July 1, 2021

DAY 2 - July 2, 2021