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How Stress Impacts the Voice: What Clinicians Need to Know - Disclosure

Course Description

This course provided attendees the opportunity to be educated on current research and clinical take-aways regarding the impact of stress on vocal quality. Attendees learned how stress impacts laryngeal microbiome.

Elements of Competence

Interview of the combined staff among UW-Madison speech language pathologists and identified a need for education in understanding the impact of stress on voice.

Objectives

As a result of this activity, the participant will be able to:
1. Summarize current literature that details how stress affects clinical voice outcomes.
2. Describe how psychosocial stress affects the laryngeal microbiome.
3. Identify clinical takeaways from current basic science on stress and the voice.

Method of Participation

The estimated time to complete this online activity and exam is 1 hour(s). To receive credit, a passing grade of 100% is required on a short online quiz. You will have opportunities to retake the quiz to achieve a passing score. After you have completed your exam and evaluation you will be able to automatically print your credit letter.

Credit

ASHA Approved Provider

This activity is offered for 0.10 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).
In addition to attendance and successful completion of a quiz pertaining to lecture content, attendees will self-reflect and assess how this lecture might change their clinical practice patterns

Faculty

Anumitha Venkatraman, PhD, CCC-SLP

Faculty Disclosure

In compliance with requirements of ASHA's Continuing Education Board concerning transparency in course planning, delivery and marketing, below is information of speakers' financial and non-financial interests relevant to the content of their presentations.

Instructional Personnel/Guest Speakers

Financial disclosures:
Salary UW Madison

Non-financial disclosure:
None

Commercial Support

There is no commercial support for this activity.

Computer Requirements

Free, current version of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari or Chrome. Some older browsers could produce error messages or not display the content correctly.

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Copyright

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