Voice Disorder and Management

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. explain some organic voice disorders, functional and psychogenic; 2. describe various disorders of hearing that may impact voice; 3. explain how to synergize with the speech-language therapist in the management of the case; 4. identify a patient suffering from aphonia, dysphonia in order to reach a joint diagnosis with a speech-language therapist/ENT surgeon; 5. demonstrate a skill on what equipment and how to use same for a specific auditory related voice condition; 6. apply knowledge of technique and strategies of joint management of voice and other auditory processing disorders with speech-language therapist; 7. describe the referral process of a patient with voice disorders (organic or non-organic) to the appropriate specialist; and 8. explain the clinical relationship between voice disorders and hearing.

Organic voice disorders, functional and psychogenic voice disorders Etiology of voice disorders; Clinical assessment of voice disorders, diagnosis and management of voice disorders; Multidisciplinary approach to treatment of voice disorders; Relationship between voice and auditory state.