Description
Presented by: Memorie Rosa, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S & Todd Freeborn, PhD
AUDIENCE: Clinical Fellows, experienced clinicians, administrators and clinicians who would like to transition from school-based SLP to medical-based SLP.
This webinar is FREE for all thanks to the unconditional educational grant from Bracco Diagnostics.
Description of Webinar
This multidisciplinary presentation will introduce and discuss the application of emerging sensor and artificial intelligence technology for assessment of dysphonia and dysphagia. Presenters will review related literature and discuss real world applications of emerging technological advancements. Participants will gain knowledge of sEMG and bioimpedance technologies and potential applications for their current clinical practice.
Learning Objectives
1) Define artificial intelligence (AI)
2) Describe at least one difference between sEMG and bioimpedance technologies
3) List one advantage to incorporating technology into SLP assessment for dysphagia/dysphonia
This webinar is approximately 60 minutes in length. This is a recording from a live webinar.
This webinar is offered for Professional Development Hours (PDHs), previously Certification Maintenance Hours (CMHs). Dysphagia Cafe is not an ASHA CEU provider and does not submit for ASHA CEUs. For more information on PDH: https://www.asha.org/certification/factdef/.
Certificate of completion available upon request after completion of the recorded webinar!
Presenter Bios:
Memorie Gosa, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S is a pediatric speech-language pathologist, board certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders, associate professor, and chair of the Communicative Disorders Department at The University of Alabama. She has more than twenty years of clinical and research experience in the assessment and treatment of pediatric dysphagia. Her research focuses on exploring the reliability and validity of common assessment tools and treatment techniques used in pediatric populations. She has published book chapters and peer-reviewed papers on these topics and she frequently presents both nationally and internationally on the topic of pediatric dysphagia and is the co-editor of the textbook, Assessing and Treating Dysphagia: A Lifespan Perspective.
Dr. Todd Freeborn is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama (UA). He completed his BSc (2008), MSc (2010), and PhD (2014) degrees all in electrical engineering at the University of Calgary (in Canada). Before joining UA in 2015, Freeborn spent time in industry supporting product development for education technologies, industrial tools, and medical devices. After joining UA, Freeborn’s research has explored how to measure biological tissues with a particular focus on exploring applications of tissue electrical impedance.
