Shakes and Breaks: An update on laryngeal dystonia and associated neurological voice conditions

Add to Calendar Shakes and Breaks: An update on laryngeal dystonia and associated neurological voice conditions 4/10/2025 2:30:00 PM 4/10/2025 11:59:00 PM America/New_York For More Details: https://ohiohealth.cloud-cme.com/KC-Shakes-and-Breaks Description: COURSE DESCRIPTION:Voice disorders associated with neurological conditions, including laryngeal dystonia and tremor, present significant challenges for both patients and clinicians. These disorders often manifest as vocal breaks (laryngeal dystonia) and/or shakes (dystonic versus essential tremor), each with characteristics and comorbidities that can complicate accurate diagnosis. Recent functional imaging s... OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital false MM/DD/YYYY


Thursday, April 10, 2025, 2:30 PM - 11:59 PM, OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital




COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Voice disorders associated with neurological conditions, including laryngeal dystonia and tremor, present significant challenges for both patients and clinicians. These disorders often manifest as vocal breaks (laryngeal dystonia) and/or shakes (dystonic versus essential tremor), each with characteristics and comorbidities that can complicate accurate diagnosis. Recent functional imaging studies have deepened our understanding of the neurophysiology underlying laryngeal dystonia and tremor. This course provides an overview of the latest research and terminology updates related to these complex voice conditions, emphasizing clinical differentiation, assessment techniques, and evidence-based treatment approaches/referrals to better serve this challenging clinical population. 

SPEAKER:

Karen Perta, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a voice-specialized medical speech-language pathologist, singing voice specialist, and researcher. She spent over 10 years in the Columbus area working in ENT and neurological acute care (Riverside Methodist Hospital) and completed her Ph.D. at the Ohio State University. She is former clinical faculty at Ohio University and is a current assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Elmhurst University outside of Chicago. 

DISCLOSURE: Karen Perta is paid faculty at Elmhurt University.

AGENDA:

10 minutes: Neuroanatomy review and pathophysiology of neurological voice disorders 

30 minutes: An overview of the clinical features of laryngeal dystonia (breaks) versus other related neurological voice conditions such as dystonic tremor, essential tremor (shakes) 

15 minutes: Co-morbidities in neurological voice disorders, including functional voice disorders (e.g., muscle tension dysphonia) 

25 minutes: Assessment tasks for neurological voice disorders and differential diagnosis 

30 minutes: Behavioral and medical treatments for neurological voice disorders, including therapy options and appropriate referrals (laryngology and support group) 

10 minutes: Q & A 



Objectives
After completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Participants will be able to describe the clinical characteristics that differentiate laryngeal dystonia, dystonic tremor, and essential tremor.
  2. Participants will identify assessment procedures for neurological voice disorders and potential functional voice co-morbidities.
  3. Participants will describe behavioral and medical treatment options for neurological voice disorders.


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Ohio Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (2.00 hours)


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