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This session reviews prenatal airway development and abnormalities that can impact communication and swallowing. The speaker reviews different levels of respiratory support from low-flow nasal cannula to mechanical ventilation and speaking valve application for patients who are tracheostomy dependent with or without ventilator dependence. The goal of this session is to expand understanding of anatomy and physiology as well as the impact of anomalies on communication and swallowing.

Content disclosure: This session is focused primarily on Passy Muir Valves.

This course is a recorded session from the 2023 ASHA online conference Rethinking Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing.

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Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Account for airway anatomy and physiology considerations during instrumental and clinical swallowing examinations
• Account for airway anatomy and physiology considerations during Passy Muir Valve application for tracheostomy dependent patients with or without ventilator dependence

Presenter Information

Laura Brooks, MEd, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is a clinical specialist in speech-language pathology at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and is Board Certified in Swallowing Disorders. She specializes in management of pediatric dysphagia and Passy Muir Valve use with tracheostomy and ventilator-dependent patients. She has published research, case studies, and textbook chapters related to both topics. She serves on the Bioethics Committee, Global Tracheostomy Committee, and ICU liberation/ECMO Committee.

Financial Disclosures:

• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation

Nonfinancial Disclosures:

• Wrote the pediatric chapter of the textbook Communication and Swallowing Management of Tracheostomized and Ventilator Dependent Individuals

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

To earn continuing education credit, you must complete and submit the learning assessment by the end date below.

Program History and CE Information

Online conference dates: March 22–April 3, 2023, November 29–December 11, 2023
End date: September 30, 2029

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).