Multidisciplinary Management of Pediatric Voice and Swallowing Disorders

Pediatric Aerodigestive Programs: Role of the Core Team Members, Speech Language Pathology, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, Otolaryngology, and Parent/Caregiver.- Operative Evaluation of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract.- Anesthetic Considerations.- Perioperative Considerations After Pediatric Laryngeal Surgery.- Imaging Evaluation of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract.- Physiology of Voice Production.- Embryonic and Histologic Development of the Vocal Tract.- Aerodynamic Voice Assessment.- Clinical Approach to Aerodynamic Assessment.- Nonlinear Acoustic Analysis of Voice Production.- Clinical Approach to Acoustic Assessment.- Perceptual Evaluation of Voice.- Health Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Dysphonia.- Endoscopic Evaluation of the Pediatric Larynx.- Physiology of Normal Swallow.- Clinical Evaluation of Swallow.- Videofluoroscopic Evaluation of the Swallow in Infants and Children.- Pediatric Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing.- Manometric Evaluation of Pediatric Swallow.- Quality of Life Assessment in Children with Feeding and Swallowing Disorders.- Approach to Pediatric Voice Therapy.- Benign Mass Lesions.- Laryngopharyngeal Reflux.- Muscle Tension Dysphonia and Puberphonia.- Vocal Fold Mobility Impairment.- Laryngomalacia.- Laryngeal Cleft.- Paradoxical Fold Motion.- Vascular Anomalies.- Vocal Fold Star.- Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis.- Glottic Web.- Syndromes and Congential Anomalies.- Esophageal Dysmotility.- Cricopharyngeal Achalasia.- Congenital Tracheal Anomalies: Complete Tracheal Rings, Tracheomalacia, and Vascular Compression.- Eosinophilic Esophagitis.- Tracheoesophageal Fitula.- Post-itubation Glottic Abnormalities.- Dysphonia After Laryngotrachael Reconstruction.- Non-cleft Velopharyngeal Dysfunction.- The Young Aspiring Singer.- Gender Affirming Voice.- The Weird and the Wonderful.

Maia N. Braden, MS, CCC-SLPDivision of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery