🔍 Vocal tremor can feel like a clinical enigma — but not anymore!  This month’s webinar, “Systematic Assessment of Vocal Tremor for Improved Classification and Treatment Planning”  will help you demystify vocal tremor and feel more confident in your assessment and treatment. Join the incredible Dr. Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer, PhD, CCC-SLP as she shows you how to…
⭐️ Identify the clinical characteristics of vocal tremor
⭐️ Characterize vocal tremor phenotypes
⭐️ Use your assessment findings to plan optimal treatments for your patients
With 30+ years of clinical and research experience, Dr. Barkmeier-Kraemer will leave you with practical knowledge you can use with your voice patients right away.
Presenter Name/Credentials: Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer, PhD, CCC-SLP



Course Available from January 23, 2025 – January 23, 2030
Members link to the course quiz: https://medslpcollective.com/courses/systematic-assessment-of-vocal-tremor-for-improved-classification-and-treatment-planning-recording/

0.2 ASHA CEUs / 2 PDHs Available.   To get ASHA CEUS/ PDHs for this course, you can join the MedSLP Collective Membership here: https://medslpcollective.com/




 
Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Define clinical characteristics associated with vocal tremor that inform classification.
2. Describe recommended clinical assessment approaches that identify and characterize vocal tremor phenotypes.
3. Identify and discuss utilization of assessment findings for informing optimal treatment planning in those with vocal tremor.
Bio:
Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer, PhD, CCC-SLP is Chair and a professor in the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders with a dual appointment in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery where she serves as the Director of the Voice, Airway, Swallowing Translational (VAST) Research Lab at the University of Utah. Dr. Barkmeier-Kraemer has over 30 years of clinical and research experience with voice, airway, and dysphagia populations as well as over 20 years of experience teaching and mentoring students clinically and in research.
Disclosures:
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES:
Employee of University of Utah
Honorarium from MedSLP Collective for this webinar
Royalties from MedBridge Inc for online courses on vocal tremor
NIDCD funding: Physiologic correlates of vocal tremor affecting those with essential tremor (R01 DC016838, PI: Barkmeier-Kraemer); Next-Generation clinical phenotyping and pathophysiology of laryngeal dystonia and voice tremor (P50DC019900, PI: Kristina Simonyan)
NON-FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES:
ASHA: Member of SIGs 3, 13
Member of the Dysphonia International Scientific Advisory Council and Movement Disorder Society Speech Study Group
Recorded Agenda:
0-5 minutes: Introduction
5-15 minutes: The Clinical Challenge with Vocal Tremor
15-45 minutes: Vocal Tremor Physiology
45-75 minutes: Systematic Assessment and Classification of Vocal Tremor
75-105 minutes: Behavioral Management of Vocal Tremor
105-120 minutes: Q&A