Speech Uncensored: A Speech Language Pathology Podcast

Josh Reyes joins Leigh Ann on the COVID Conversations series. In response to the significant impact this public health crisis is having on our work, our lives, our education system, and our healthcare system, I’ve teamed up with my fellow SLPs to share insights into how the pandemic has changed their practice and what they’re doing to adapt. Today’s episode highlights the impact of COVID-19 as exp...

As our practice embraces a patient-centered care model, PROMs - Patient Reported Outcome Measures, can help identify patient’s concerns and measure the progress of therapy to address those complaints. Bonnie Slavych answers the important questions of what a PROM is, what it does, and how to use it in your practice. These are simple tools to incorporate into your practice that can help steer your e...

I am delighted to have Dr. Jordan Hazelwood as my  guest on the COVID Conversations series. In response to the significant impact this public health crisis is having on our work, our lives, our education system, and our healthcare system, I’ve teamed up with my fellow SLPs to share insights into how the pandemic has changed their practice and what they’re doing to adapt. Today’s episode highl...

Brooke Richardson is joining me for this edition of the COVID Conversation. Today’s episode highlights the impact of COVID-19 on acute care workflows, community support for healthcare workers, providing dysphagia services with reduced access to instrumentals, and altered work schedules. Show notes with resources: https://www.speechuncensored.com/podcastepisodes/covidconvobrooke

If you’ve worked with patients with dysphagia, you’ve probably experienced that feeling of trying to treat a patient who cannot afford dysphagia supplies.  Since insurance doesn’t often cover dysphagia supplies such as thickener, adaptive feeding equipment, or therapy tools such as RMST devices, many individuals with dysphagia just go without. In this episode, we will talk to Hillary Cooper a...

Kristin Murphey is joining me for this edition of the COVID Conversation. Today’s episode highlights the impact of COVID-19 on SLPs in SNFs - skilled nursing facilities. Show notes with resources: https://www.speechuncensored.com/podcastepisodes/covidconvokristin

Caitlin Saxtein from Long Island, New York is joining me for this edition of the COVID Conversation. Today’s episode highlights the impact of COVID-19 on acute care therapists. Caitlin's current caseload is almost exclusively COVID-19 positive patients right now and she is shedding light on the SLP's role is in the midst of this pandemic. Show notes with resources: https://www.speechuncensore...

This episode will introduce issues related to end-of-life care, including the experience of dying in America, common care locales, and patient and family values at the end of life, as well as the important role that SLPs can play in caring for people near the end of life, and the application of ethical principles to end-of-life situations. Show notes available at : https://www.speechuncensored.com...

I am delighted to have Rinki Varindani Desai as my first guest for the new COVID Conversations series. In response to the significant impact this public health crisis is having on our work, our lives, and our healthcare system, I’ve teamed up with my fellow SLPs to share insights into how the pandemic has changed their practice and what they’re doing to adapt. Today’s episode highlights the impact...

Millions of people are affected by health disparities secondary to racial and cultural inequalities (Payne, 2014). With the changing demographics, speech-language pathologists must anticipate significantly diverse caseloads which will include persons who are impacted by health disparities. The presenters of this podcast will describe health disparities as related to neurologically-based communicat...

Panelists: William Connors, MS, CCC-SLP, Joy Musser PhD, CCC-SLP, Tina Babajanians, MS, CCC-SLP. In this episode, a panel of presenters discussed about teletherapy, the essential and best practices for adult related services. Visit the show notes for access to resources and more: https://www.speechuncensored.com/podcastepisodes/adultteletherapy

Lynn Hawk provides a thorough examination of voice rehabilitation after laryngectomy. The course focuses on establishing a framework of how the Tracheoesophageal Prosthetic (TEP) works to provide voicing for patients with a laryngectomy. Next, attention is given to maintaining the TEP with regular cleanings and leak tests. Patients with TEPs encounter challenges with leaking around the puncture si...

The tables have turned! We’re flipping the script! My amazing husband, Chase Porter takes the golden microphone and interviews the interviewer as we take a behind the scenes retrospective look at the Speech Uncensored Podcast. You’ll find out about how instrumental Chase was in launching the podcast from a thought and a wish to a reality. You’ll also hear from past guests  and listeners on th...

Hannah Grassie will discuss a basic hierarchy of preparing yourself to work with specialized populations with a specific focus on patients with Parkinson’s disease. Whether or not you have experience or additional certifications, all clinicians can be equipped with evidence-based approaches that empower you to treat with the best knowledge of the field and its related research. In addition, there...

Bridget Guenther has spent her SLP career focusing on the treatment and management of head and neck cancer. As a Senior Clinical Educator for Atos Medical, Bridget provides education & trainings to SLPs and patients with total laryngectomy.  Bridget joins Leigh Ann to lay a foundation on the role of the SLP in managing patients with total laryngectomy. We review SLP involvement pre-surger...

Automatic Voice Recognition has become a tool for all of us to access our technology and our environments. However, for people with speech impairments, this is not always easy. Google has committed to a research project to determine how to make speech recognition accessible for all through Project Euphonia. You will learn how speech recognition models are currently built and the need for data (spe...

Respiratory impairments impact intelligibility in people with motor speech disorders. However, assessing and treating people with these disorders can be difficult. Dr. Jessica Huber and Leigh Ann Porter will describe some clinically-relevant measurements of respiratory function in speech that can be completed without expensive equipment. We will discuss how to address respiratory impairments in pe...

Ever thought about starting a private practice, now or in the future? In this training, Jena Castro-Casbon, MS CCC-SLP will discuss the steps that SLPs follow in the path to start a successful private practice. Jena is here to dispel some common misconceptions regarding what a private practice has to “look” like, who it has to treat, and how you have to run it. Spoiler alert: there are no two priv...

The work we do as clinicians is hard. We have to take care of ourselves in order to best take care of our patients and their families and show up as our best selves to our jobs. Burnout can impact our ability to feel like we are making a difference, our job satisfaction, and can also lead to serious health issues. Being aware of the signs and symptoms as well as ways to keep burnout at bay is esse...

Voice therapy is an effective behavioral intervention for many causes of dysphonia. Despite training in voice therapy, students and clinicians often do not feel as confident in their ability to treat voice disorders as they do in treating other communication disorders. Furthermore, achieving expert clinician status is often considered only obtainable after years of clinical experience. Critical to...

Each year there are over 3.8 million reported and unreported sport-related concussions (Broglio et al., 2014). A concussion can result in cognitive-communicative deficits in attention, memory, executive functions, and social communication. Further, repeated concussions lead to increased risk for chronic deficits that impact one’s function in academic, vocational, and social activities. This podcas...

This course will discuss the science behind the SpeechVive device, the clinical efficacy data, who it is best for, and the SLP’s role in using the device. Check out www.speechuncensored.com/podcastepisodes/s3e2 for links to resources mentioned in the episode (websites, journal articles, etc.). 

As SLPs, we have more to offer our patients in the ICU than dysphagia management. While that is high on the priority list, we cannot overlook the valuable skills we can offer the team in management of ICU delirium, and early modes of communication for patients on a ventilator or tracheostomy. Additionally, Brooke encourages us to take in the bigger picture and evaluate whole body systems when asse...

Join Julie and Leigh Ann as they explore evolving best practices to work with people with Parkinson’s disease. Learn about the benefits of a preventative model for treatment and how to support individuals through a progressive neurological disease process. Julie brings a healthy dose of enthusiasm and mixes it with a solid foundation in best practices rooted in the latest evidence. In fact, Julie...

How can you start an Aphasia Support Group in your facility? Tune in, because Elizabeth Wikane has done some serious research and then implemented it at her facility. Elizabeth provides phenomenal resources in her talk and paves the way for you to get organized and start an Aphasia Support Group in your facility. Check out the great resources Elizabeth provided for the show notes at https://www.sp...