Course syllabus for Voice Disorders

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Specific entry requirements

For admission to courses in semester 6 students may remain with no more than 15 credits from previous semesters in the Study Programme in Speech-Language Pathology.

In addition, the grade "Pass" in the course Medicine 2 (pathology, speech and voice physiology and audiology), semester 2 is required for admission to the course.

Outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• Describe prevalence, aetiology, vocal fold status, voice quality and symptoms in various voice disorders including psychogenic conditions with loss of function, and exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO).
• Explain the meaning of voice ergonomics and justify the importance of including this knowledge in medical history taking, guidance, intervention, and prevention.
• Use questionnaires and instruments for self-assessments, methods for audio-perceptual and instrumental analyses of relevance for assessments and diagnostics of different voice disorders, when evaluating treatment and interpret the results.
• Assess the need for intervention for various voice disorders, EILO, and after laryngectomy, explain the treatment principles and motivate choice of methods, including technical aids, based on current research and available information.
• Account for the importance of the acoustic environment, technical equipment, and calibration procedure for reliable sound recordings of voice and speech in research and in the clinic .

Content

The course contains facts about voice disorders regarding prevalence , aetiology, vocal fold status, voice quality, symptoms and activity and participation restrictions in communicative situations as well as about rehabilitation after laryngectomy. Information about intervention for different voice disorders, voice ergonomic aspects and prevention based on current research are presented. Methods for audio-perceptual, acoustic and aerodynamic analysis of voice and speech are described as well as instruments for assessing patients' ratings of his/her problems to be used for assessment of voice disorders and evaluation of intervention.

Teaching methods

Lectures, seminars, laboratory sessions and practical exercises individually and in groups.
Compulsory attendance at all teaching components apart from lectures if nothing else is stated in the schedule.
In case of absence from compulsory components, the student is responsible himself/herself to contact the course director for complementary assignment.

Examination

Active participation in practical exercises, laboratory sessions and group presentation. Written examination graded anonymously.

Students who do not pass a regular examination are entitled to re-sit the examination on five more occasions. If the student has failed six examinations/tests, no additional examination is given.
Each occasion the student participates in the same test counts as an examination. Submission of a blank exam paper is regarded as an examination.
In case a student is registered for an examination but does not attend, this is not regarded as an examination.

If there are special reasons, or need for adaptation for a student with a disability, the examiner may decide to depart from the syllabus's regulations on examination form, number of examination opportunities, possibility of completion or exemption from compulsory educational elements, etc. Content and learning objectives as well as the level of expected skills, knowledge and abilities must not be changed, removed or lowered.

Transitional provisions

Examination can be carried out according to an earlier literature list during a period of one year after the date of a renewal of the literature list. Examination will be provided during a period of one year after a possible closing of the course.

Other directives

Course evaluation comes to implement according to the guidelines that are established by Committeé for higher education.

Teaching is given in English.

The course may not be credited in the degree at the same time as the completed and approved course, whose content fully or partially corresponds to the content of the course.

Literature and other teaching aids

Mandatory Literature

• Aronson, Arnold E.; Bless, Diane M., Clinical voice disorders, 4. ed. : New York : Thieme, cop. 2009 - 301 s. ISBN: 978-1-58890-662-5, LIBRIS-ID: 11423854, Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 11 *
• Iwarsson, J; Reinholt Petersen, N, Effects of consensus trainingon the reliability of auditory perceptual ratings of voice quality., 2012 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2011.06.003, Ingår i: Journal of voice: official journal of the Voice Foundation, [New York, N.Y.] : Raven Press, 2001- LIBRIS-ID: 9034957, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/08921997z Tillgänglig för användare inom Uppsala universitet, 26 (2012) : 3, p. 304-312, *
• Iwarsson, Jenny, Facilitating behavioral learning and habit change in voice therapy - theoretic premises and practical strategies., 2015 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/14015439.2014.936498, Ingår i: Logopedics phoniatrics vocology, Stockholm : Taylor & Francis, 1998- ISSN: 1651-2022y 1401-54392 f, LIBRIS-ID: 9843224, 40 (2015) : 4, p. 179-186, *
• Mathers-Schmidt, B, Paradoxical vocal fold motion: a tutorial on a complex disorder and the speech-language pathologist's role., 2001 Ingår i: American journal of speech-language pathology [Elektronisk resurs]., Rockville, Md. : American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, ISSN: 1558-9110, LIBRIS-ID: 11338519, 10 (2001) p. 111-125, *
• ohlsson; dotevall, Voice handicap index in Swedish, 2009 Ingår i: Logopedics phoniatrics vocology, Stockholm : Taylor & Francis, 1998- ISSN: 1651-2022y 1401-54392 f, LIBRIS-ID: 9843224, 34 (2009) : 2, p. 60-66, *

Teachers will add ca 100 pages articles in total to their respective lectures.

Advanced Literature

• Sundberg, Johan, The science of the singing voice, DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois Univ. Press, 1987 - x, 216 s. ISBN: 0-87580-120-X, LIBRIS-ID: 6211242,