What's New

January, 2013

• Mary Berger M.S. CCC presented, with Dr. Sean Edwards, Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, the course:  “Comprehensive Overview of the Diagnosis and Management of Velopharyngeal Dysfunction in the Cleft Population” at the American Academy of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, San Diego, September, 2012.
• Jen Gostlin M.A. CCC, working with Krysten Salla in Physical Therapy, is preparing to pilot a new program at the adult outpatient Briarwood site, MedRehab:  the evidence-based Lee Silverman Voice Treatment Program, combined with Think Big, the motor intervention program, designed for patients with Parkinson’s Disease.
• Marc Haxer M.A. CCC, together with Dr. Claudio Milstein and Dr. Thomas Murry, presented the seminar:  “Voice, Resonance and Alaryngeal Speech” at the November, 2012 meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association conference.
• Karen Kluin M.S. CCC, Board Certified, ANCDS, has been invited to speak at the National Ataxia Foundation annual meeting, scheduled for March, 2013, in Detroit, Michigan.  Ms. Kluin was an invited speaker at the September, 2012 Parkinson’s and You Symposium, addressing “Speech and Swallowing Problems in Parkinson’s Disease”.  Ms. Kluin has received renewed Board Certification through the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences, in adult neurogenic communication disorders.
• Elaine Ledwon-Robinson M.S. CCC, Board Certified, ANCDS, has received renewed Board Certification through the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences in pediatric and adult neurogenic communication disorders.
• Phil Menard M.A. CCC  will be presenting the following lectures in the Autism Spectrum Disorders’ Program at the Rachel Upjohn Center:  “Early Intensive Intervention Addressing Core Features of Autism Using the Latest Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches” , followed by: “Social Skills, Problem-Solving and Higher-Order Language Abilities in Autism Spectrum Disorder”.
• Marci Rosenberg M.A. CCC, organized the conference:  Somatic Voice Work™ The Lovetri Method.   She recently lectured on Vocal Health to the University of Michigan’s Theater Department and to the Voice Department at Eastern Michigan University on the topic of  Singing Science.   Ms. Rosenberg has been appointed to the Board of the American Speech Language Hearing Association Special Interest Group:  Voice, Resonance and Alaryngeal Communication Committee. 
• Margaret Tiner M.A. CCC has been named Dysphagia Lead for University Hospital/Cardiovascular Center Speech-Language Pathology services.

July, 2012

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June, 2012

• Joan Boonin contributed 3 chapters to the second edition of “Voice and Communication Therapy for the Transgender/Transsexual Client:  A Comprehensive Clinical Guide”, recently released by Plural Publishing Company.
• Mary Berger is co-author, with  Adam Oppenheimer, Steven Buchman and Steven Kasten of  Plastic Surgery on the paper “Posterior Pharyngeal Fat Grafting for Velopharyngeal Insufficiency”, to be published in the Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal.  Ms. Berger has been re-appointed the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association’s Team Standards Committee for 2012.    She is also the co-author of the paper:  “Sleep Disordered Breathing and Speech Pathology in Children with Craniofacial Malformations” (Morleda-Cibrian, Berger, Buchman, Edwards, Kasten, O’Brien) to be presented at the American Academy of Sleep Medicine in June 2012.
• Karen Kluin will be presenting the paper:  “Motor Speech after Bilateral STN DBS for Parkinsons’ Disease”, at the Movement Disorder Society’s International Conference of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, in Dublin, Ireland, June 18, 2012.
• Elaine Ledwon-Robinson has completed her term as Past-President of the Michigan Speech Language Hearing Association and will continue to participate in MSHA’s HealthCare Advocacy/Reimbursement initiatives.
• Deborah McMechan has completed her Clinical Fellowship and has attained her Certificate of Clinical Competence.  Ms. McMechan is assuming responsibility for the innovative “Talk Around the Town”  a summer program that encourages children who use augmentative communication devices to use their devices in community activities.  This program was developed by Rebecca Ankeney and is supported by Dance Marathon.
• Lynn Driver volunteered, for the 23rd year, at the Trails Edge Ventilator Camp, a camp for children with ventilator-assisted respiration.  Ms. Driver has been a volunteer with  Trails’ Edge Camp since its first camp day in 1989.

  Speech-Language Pathology welcomes  two new staff:

• Laura Allen M.A. CCC, formerly employed with the Northville Schools.  Ms. Allen joins the Pediatric Speech-Language Pathology team at Milestones Outpatient Program, with an interest in a wide range of pediatric speech-language areas.
• Phillip Menard M.A. CCC, formerly employed at the Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Kennedy-Krieger Institute.  Mr. Menard joins the Pediatric Speech-Language Pathology team, with specific interests in autism and delayed speech-language development.

MSHA Handouts:

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Voice and Resonance Disorders

Tracheoesophageal Voice Prosthesis Selection

Troubleshooting Tracheoesophageal Voice Prosthesis Issues

Motor Skills Tracking Tool

The Use of Palatal Augmentation Prosthetics for Therapeutic Gains in the Treatment of Adult Speech

Seeing the Forest Through the Wheeze: Laryngeal Involvement in Episodes of Dyspnea