Episode 83: Voice Evaluation Components: What Should SLPs Know with Kristie Knickerbocker, MS, CCC-SLP

Kristie’s episode focuses on the importance of different types of voice evaluations. We want to achieve a “whole client” picture with our assessment. We can do this with an (1) understanding of various methods of voice evaluation, (2) differentiating when one is more appropriate over another, and (3) capturing a clear picture of the patient’s complaints and symptoms to drive assessment choice. Kristie will explain each type of voice evaluation, and guide clinicians on what components to include in these different, but complementary, options for beginning voice therapy treatment.

topics covered:

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  • Introduction to voice disorders

  • Define terms for types of voice evaluations

  • Establish foundational knowledge on settings in which voice disorders can be treated 

  • Behavioral Voice Evaluations: What, When, How

  • Acoustic and Aerodynamic Voice Evaluations: What, When, How

  • Videostroboscopic Voice Evaluations: What, When, How


Resources mentioned in the episode:

Recommended Protocols for Instrumental Assessment of Voice: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Expert Panel to Develop a Protocol for Instrumental Assessment of Vocal Function: a tutorial published in American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology in 2018.

Rau & Beckett Article: Aerodynamic assessment of vocal function using hand-held spirometers  

A Tempo Voice Center, Kristie’s website: www.atempovoicecenter.com Join Kristie’s Voice Community Email List 

Connect with Kristie:

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The Confident Clinician Cooperative: The use of teletherapy is surging in popularity among clinicians. The Confident Clinician Cooperative is offering The Virtual Clinician, a unique 6-hour online training course to aid SLPs in effective delivery of clinical services in a virtual world. The Virtual Clinician will focus on developing knowledge and skills for successfully providing telehealth services for voice disorders with low- or no-cost tools. The Confident Clinician Cooperative is bringing people together to make continuing education available.


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Kristie Knickerbocker, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist and singing voice specialist in Fort Worth, Texas. She rehabilitates voice and swallowing at her private practice, a tempo Voice Center, and lectures on voice science nationally. She is part of the Professional Development Committee for ASHA Special Interest Group 3, Voice and Upper Airway Disorders, and a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and the Pan-American Vocology Association. Knickerbocker blogs on her website at  www.atempovoicecenter.com. She has developed a line of kid and adult-friendly therapy materials specifically for voice on TPT or her website. Follow her on Pinterest, on Twitter and Instagram or like her on Facebook.


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