Can you see what I see? Clinical use of ultrasound tongue imaging for speech and swallowing across the lifespan (11.30am-12.30pm)

Tracks
Concurrent session T4
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
River View Room 04

Overview

Katrina Blyth and Tricia McCabe

Details

⏫ Skill-building session
📚 Assumed knowledge of attendees: Foundational (new/casual familiarity with the topic e.g. treated a single case)

Presenter

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Dr Katrina Blyth
Lecturer & Researcher
The University Of Sydney

Can you see what I see? Clinical use of ultrasound tongue imaging for speech and swallowing across the lifespan

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentation summary

This practical session is aimed at novice to experienced SLPs who treat kids or adults with either motor speech or swallowing disorders. The focus of the session is watch, participate and discuss clinical applications of ultrasound biofeedback in assessment and intervention.

Key messages

1. Able to identify the tongue surface on ultrasound scanning in both sagittal (lateral) and coronal (anterior) views
2. Consider the pros and cons of using ultrasound biofeedback within clinical practice across the lifespan

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Professor Patricia McCabe
Professor of Speech Pathology
The University Of Sydney

Can you see what I see? Clinical use of ultrasound tongue imaging for speech and swallowing across the lifespan

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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Tricia McCabe's teaching, research and clinical practice are focused on improving the lives of people with moderate-severe speech disorders through improved assessment and intervention. She has lead the development of Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment (ReST) and is a leader in developing and testing treatments for childhood apraxia of speech and, more recently, cerebral palsy.

Session chair

Lucy Sutherland

Student volunteer(s)

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Georgia Fitzgerald
Student
Curtin University

Michelle Spillman
Edith Cowan University

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