Date: February 18th, 2009
Check-In Time(s): 5:30pm-6:00pm
Class Time(s): 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: Riverside Park Plaza Building- Park Plaza Auditorium

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Speaker(s):
Carol Klitzke, M.S. C.C.C./SLP, Clinical Specialist 1
Carol Klitzke is a Speech-Language Pathologist and voice specialist at the Fairview Voice Center in Minneapolis. She brings more than 16 years experience to the specialty care of voice/larynx and swallowing disorders. Carol's experience involves teaching, training and consulting for music educators, performers, clergy, instructors and graduate students. She has taken advanced training in videostroboscopy techniques, Vocal Cord Dysfunction and Lee Silverman Voice Training for Parkinson's Disease.
Carol's presentation audiences include the Voice Care Network, National Music Educators Conference, Sweet Adelines' national and regional conferences and Minnesota school districts' meetings and numerous professional training sessions.
Her credentials are a masters of science degree in Speech Pathology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and SLP license from the state of Minnesota. Prior to joining Fairview she was in private practice with voice educator/voice specialist, Leon Thurman, Ed.D. She was an adjunct instructor at St. Cloud State Univesity, and in 2007, 2008 a guest lecturer at University of Wisconsin-River Falls. She is on the faculty and board of the Voice Care Network.

Course Description:
The communication diagnosis of Presbylarynges can be tricky. There are many laryngeal and vocal fold problems which have similar symptoms. The purpose of this continuing education presentation is to sort out the issues involved, present differential diagnostic tips and suggest treatment strategies.

Course Objectives:
Define and state the symptoms and incidence of presbylarynges.
Differentiate presbylarynges from disorders with similar symptoms.
Answer the question “Does presbylarynges really exist?”
Develop an appropriate plan of treatment.

Course Agenda:
6:00-6:30pm- Symptoms and incidence of presbylarynges
6:30-7:00pm- Differences in presbylarynges and disorders with similar symptoms
7:00-7:30pm- Treatment plans
7:30-8:00pm- Q and A