Applied Speech Pathology Sciences 1

A.Y. 2024/2025
8
Max ECTS
85
Overall hours
SSD
MED/50
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The purpose of the course is:
- to know and to acquire the diagnostic and rehabilitative skills in phonatory disorders in adult and developmental age;
- to know and to acquire the diagnostic and rehabilitative abilities in articulatory disorders (including fluency disorders), whether they are due to anatomical alterations (peripheral mechanical dyslalia), functional (articulatory disorders) or neurological disorders (dysarthria), in adult and developmental age;
- to know and to acquire the diagnostic and rehabilitative skills in swallowing disorders in adult and developmental age.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate to have acquired knowledge and understanding skills related to
methodologies, tools and procedures for data collection, rehabilitative intervention and scientific evidence that guide the decision-making in the field of Phonatory, articolatory and swallowing disorders in developmental and adult age.
Single course

This course can be attended as a single course.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Prerequisites for admission
With reference to the Didactic Regulations (art.20), To access the second year, it is essential to have achieved at least four exams of which:
- biological, physiological and morphological sciences
- linguistic, philosophical and socio-pedagogical sciences
- applied speech therapy sciences: propaedeutics
The student must also have passed the first year traineeship exam.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The assessment of the acquired knowledge and the ability to apply it will be
through written test with 30 questions for each course proposed in different ways: open questions with short answers, closed questions with multiple choice, true / false, associations . The expected duration of the test will be 180 minutes.
The assessment criteria are the ability to list and organize the knowledge acquired as well as their application for the resolution of short questions relating to the specific professional.
The grade will be expressed in thirties and will be the result obtained by the weighted average of the six course.
Speech therapy for vocal disorders
Course syllabus
Inquadramento del paziente affetto da patologia vocale;
Protocollo foniatrico - logopedico;
Cartella clinica
Uso della voce, norme di igiene vocale e tecniche di rilassamento;
Classificazione delle disfonie disfunzionali e organiche e loro trattamento;
Tecniche riabilitative e posture facilitanti per il trattamento delle disfonie disfunzionali:
Metodo della voce risonante (LMRVT);
Metodo di Froeschels;
Voice Craft;
Metodo della nasalizzazione;
Metodo dell'accento.
Riabilitazione logopedica delle disfonie infantili;
Riabilitazione logopedica delle disfonie psicogene; la gestione della voce nei transessuali
Riabilitazione logopedica delle disfonie neurologiche;
Riabilitazione vocale dopo chirurgia della laringe
Teaching methods
Lectures, exercises. simulation
Teaching Resources
Oskar Schindler, La voce: fisiologia, patologia clinica e terapia Edizioni Piccin
Testi consigliati per l'approfondimento personale
Silvia Magnani, Il bambino e la sua voce; con i bambini alla scoperta della vocalità. Franco Angeli, Le Comete;
Silvia Magnani, Curare la voce - diagnosi e terapia dei disturbi della voce. Franco Angeli, Le Comete;
François Le Huche, Andrè Allali, La voce, in tre volumi: Anatomia e fisiologia; Patologia; Terapia. Masson Editore;
Silvia Magnani, Comunicare a teatro, Omega Edizioni;
Franco Fussi, Il trattamento logopedico delle disfonie ipercinetiche; Omega Edizioni
Daniela Battaglia Damiani, Anatomia della voce - tecnica, tradizione, scienza del canto. Ricordi Edizioni.
Sandro Iannaccone, Patrizia Cippone, Stefano Pizzamiglio, Luigi Ferini - Strambi, Approccio riabilitativo multidisciplinare al paziente con sclerosi laterale amiotrofica. Edizioni Avenue media.
Gianni Pezzoli e Silvana Tesei, Guida alla malattia di Parkinson.
Articoli e dispense fornite dal docente.
Speech therapy for paediatric swallowing disorders
Course syllabus
Feeding and swallowing disorders
· introduction
· Clinical History
· observation and assessment
· treatment
· Clinical cases
Dysfunctional swallowing. Evaluation and treatment: general principles
Teaching methods
Lectures, exercises. simulation
Teaching Resources
Schindler O., Ruoppolo G., Schindler A. (2011), "Deglutologia II edizione", Omega Edizioni
Joan C. Arvedson "Pediatric Swallowing and Feeding: Assessment and Management" Plural Publisher
Pubblicazioni scientifiche indicate dal docente.
Speech therapy for fluency disorders
Course syllabus
SPECIFIC EVALUATION
Systemic Analysis of Disfluences (SDA);
Secondary symptoms
Interaction with the environment
NOTES ON THE GENERAL EVALUATION
Cognitive-Affective
Language skills.
TREATMENT STRATEGIES
Parental preventive counseling;
Prescriptive parental counseling;
Lidcombe Program
Comprehensive treatment with involvement of the child / teenager and parents;
Adult treatment.
INTENSIVE SPECIFIC WORK
Techniques to facilitate fluency:
Relaxation and breathing;
Communication rules of interaction;
Desensitization.
MAINTENANCE THERAPY
FOLLOW UP
Teaching methods
Lectures, exercises, simulation
Teaching Resources
Acta Phoniatrica Latina, Vol. 30 2008, Casa Editrice La Garangola, Padova.
Bellussi C., Formigoni P. SE VOSTRO FIGLIO BALBETTA Guida per i genitori. Omega Edizioni, Torino 1992.
Cadonici P. L'ALCHIMIA DELLA BALBUZIE Ed. Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli (Catanzaro), 2001
Carando P.G., Formigoni P., Michielin M., Zmarich C. GIORNATA SULLA BALBUZIE CONTENUTI E METODI NELLA VALUTAZIONE E NEL TRATTAMENTO LOGOPEDICO. ULI, Padova, 1998.
Caruso E. BALBUZIE Aiutiamoci con 100 risposte. Ed. Franco Angeli, Milano 2001.
De Filippis A. Cippone P. NUOVO MANUALE DI LOGOPEDIA - Erickson 1998
Di Renzo M. UN APPROCCIO TERAPEUTICO AL BALBUZIENTE. Armando Editore, Roma, 1989.
Fraser J., Perkins W. BALBETTI? Una guida per gli adolescenti. Omega Edizioni,
Torino, 1999.
Ingenito M.T. LA BALBUZIE NELL'ETA' INFANTILE Itinerari clinici e terapeutici.Ed. Franco Angeli, Milano 1999.
Irwin A. IL BAMBINO BALBUZIENTE Aspetti del disturbo nella prima infanzia e interventi correttivi - Guida per i genitori. EdiCart, Legnano (Milano),1988.
Lami L., Lippi P., Longhena G., Righi P. LA BALBUZIE IN ETA' EVOLUTIVA Documentazione Azienda U.S.L. della città di Bologna Presidio Multizonale per l'approfondimento diagnostico dell'Handicap. Bologna, 1993
Murray F.P. LA BALBUZIE Prevenzione e terapia nel testo di riferimento dell'Associazione Italiana per la Balbuzie. Ed. RED, Novara 2003.VO
Strocchi M.C. BALBUZIE IL TRATTAMENTO COGNITIVO-COMPORTAMENTALE.
Erickson 2006
Speech therapy for persons with slurred speech
Course syllabus
Definition, classification and clinical features of speech disorder Neural bases Differential diagnosis Dysarthria assessment tools Ataxic dysarthria Spastic dysarthria Flabby dysarthria Hyperkinetic dysarthria Hypokinetic dysarthria Mixed dysarthria Dysarthria treatment
Teaching methods
Lectures, exercises, simulation
Teaching Resources
Motor Speech Disorders (third edition) di Joseph R. Duffy 2013
Disartria. Possiamo fare di più?di G. Ruoppolo (a cura di), A. Amitrano (a cura di) 2013
Murdoch B., Dysarthria. A physiological approach to assessment and treatment. Cheltenham, UK: Stanley Thornes, 1998.
Piacentini V, Zuin A, Cattaneo D, Schindler A. "Reliability and Validity of an Instrument to Measure Quality of Life in the Dysarthric Speaker". Folia Phoniatr Logop 2011;63:289-295
Yorkston KM, Bombardier C, Hammen VL, Dysarthria from the viewpoint of individuals with dysarthria; in Till JA, Yorkstone KM, Beukelman DR (eds): Motor Speech Disorders. Advances in Assessment and Treatment. Baltimore, Brookes Pub, pp 19-35, 1994.
Fussi F, Cantagallo A. Profilo di valutazione della disartria. Omega Edizioni, 1999
Murdoch BE, Cheltenham, Stanley, Thornes. Dysarthria. A physiological approach to assessment and treatment. 1998.
Patrocinio D, Biondi S, D'Alatri L, Fattori B, La Vela R, Nacci A, Ursino F, Luppi MP, Schindler A, L'Autovalutazione in Foniatria e Logopedia. SIFEL 2007
Sussidi multimediali
Speech therapy for swallowing disorders, and post-surgical articulation
Course syllabus
Identification of swallowing disorder
The clinical assessment of swallowing
Rehabilitative treatment of swallowing disorders
Management of swallowing disorder in the cancer patient
Management of swallowing disorder in the neurological patient
Peripheral mechanical articulation disorders: definition, etiology, clinical pictures. Assessment and treatment.
Teaching methods
Lectures, exercises, simulation
Teaching Resources
Schindler O., Ruoppolo G., Schindler A. (2011), "Deglutologia II edizione", Omega Edizioni
Shaker, R., Easterling, C., Belafsky, P. C., & Postma, G. N. (Eds.). (2012). Manual of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for disorders of deglutition, Springer

Raimondo S., Accornero A., Rossetto T. (2011), "Logopedia e disfagia - Dalla teoria alla pratica clinica", Carocci Faber
Reverberi, «Tracheostomia e disfagia nel grave cerebroleso. Scegliere, valutare e riabilitare», 2007

Logemann, J. A., Pauloski, B. R., Rademaker, A. W., & Colangelo, L. A. (1997). Speech and swallowing rehabilitation for head and neck cancer patients. Oncology, 11(5).

Schuster, M., & Stelzle, F. (2012). Outcome measurements after oral cancer treatment: speech and speech-related aspects—an overview. Oral and maxillofacial surgery, 16(3), 291-298.

Acher, A., Perrier, P., Savariaux, C., & Fougeron, C. (2014). Speech production after glossectomy: methodological aspects. Clinical linguistics & phonetics, 28(4), 241-256
Konstantinović, V. S., & Dimić, N. D. (1998). Articulatory function and tongue mobility after surgery followed by radiotherapy for tongue and floor of the mouth cancer patients. British journal of plastic surgery, 51(8), 589-593.

Neel, A. T., & Palmer, P. M. (2012). Is tongue strength an important influence on rate of articulation in diadochokinetic and reading tasks?. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Speech therapy for articulation disorders and cleft palate
Course syllabus
Introduction to articulatory disorder
Elements of physiology of articulatory development, with particular reference to the Italian mother tongue child
Characteristics of articulatory disorder: epidemiology, etiology, semiotics, differential diagnosis with phonological disorder, classification systems
Typical features of articulatory disorder secondary to cleft lip and palate
Evaluation of the disturbance
Anamnestic collection
Clinical evaluation
Test evaluation
Method of collection and analysis of a spontaneous speech sample
Speech therapy budget
Treatment program
Short, medium, long term goals
Method of taking charge
Materials and methodology of speech therapy
Counseling
Verification of results
Teaching methods
Lectures, exercises, simulation
Teaching Resources
Slide delle lezioni ed eventuale materiale fornito dal docente
Capitolo 3 e 4 del libro "I Disturbi del Linguaggio: caratteristiche, valutazione a trattamento" a cura di Marotta L. e Caselli C, Ed. Erickson, 2014.
"Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Children with Speech Disorder" di B. Dodd, Singular Publishing Group, 2005.
"Children's Speech Sound Disorders" di C. Bowen, Wiley, 2009.
"The clinician's guide to: Treating cleft palate speech" di Peterson-Falzone, Trost-Cardamone, Karenell e Hardin-Jones, Mosby Elsvier, 2006.
Alessandra Pinton " I disturbi fonetici e fonologici nell'età dello sviluppo" (2018)  - Carocci Editore, 2018

Articoli scientifici indicati dal docente
Professional training laboratories
Course syllabus
Voice, swallowing and joint disorders: clinical cases
Teaching methods
Lectures, exercises, simulation
Teaching Resources
1. Tracheostomia e disfagia nel grave cerebroleso. Scegliere, valutare e riabilitare.Cristina Reverberi, Francesco Lombardi. Ed. Del Cerro, 2007
2. Electrical Stimulation & sEMG Biofeedback in the Treatment of Dysphagia. Clinical Guidelines in Rehabilitation. DJO Publication,2016
3. Toccare e contattare in medicina della voce. Alfonso Gianluca Gucciardo. Ed. Cortina, 2010
4. Taping neuromuscolare. Dalla teoria alla pratica. David Blow. Edi-ermes,2012
5. The Lee Silverman Voice Treatment- LOUD Fox, Ramig et al. (2002) Current Perspectives on the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) for individuals with idiopatic Parkinson Disease - American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 11, 11-123.
6. Oral-Motor Exercises for Speech Clarity and Feeding. Sara Rosenfield Johnson Ed. Insegnanti 2001
7. Curare La Voce. Diagnosi E Terapia Dei Disturbi Della Voce. Magnani Silvia. Editore Franco Angeli, 2013
8. Andretta P. La riabilitazione logopedica della deglutizione viziata: aspetti metodologici . Napoli, VI convegno FLI, 2001
9. Andretta P. La terapia logopedica delle alterazioni delle funzioni orali: squilibrio muscolare orofacciale in età evolutiva, adolescenziale e adulta. Logopedia e comunicazione, Gennaio 2005;1(1): 239-64
10. Andretta P. Terapia miofunzionale secondo Garliner in Schindler O., Ruoppolo G. and Schindler A. Deglutologia . Omega Edizioni, Torino, 2011. PP 617-38
11. Correggere i difetti di pronuncia Il programma A.P.I. (Ascolta-Prova-Impara) per l'allenamento percettivo-articolatorio. CD-ROM Emma Perrotta, Patrizia Rustici, Ed. Erickson
Professional training laboratories
MED/50 - APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY - University credits: 1
Practicals: 15 hours
Shifts:
Sezione: Don Gnocchi
Professor: Crosina Jessica
Sezione: Mantova
Professor: Luglio Sonia
Sezione: Sacco
Professor: Todaro Francesca
Speech therapy for articulation disorders and cleft palate
MED/50 - APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY - University credits: 1
Lessons: 10 hours
Shifts:
Sezione: Bosisio Parini
Professor: Civelli Irma Anna
Sezione: Mantova
Professor: Savare' Maria
Sezioni: Sacco-DonGnocchi
Professor: Todaro Francesca
Speech therapy for fluency disorders
MED/50 - APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY - University credits: 1
Lessons: 10 hours
Professor: Galimberti Melissa
Shifts:
Sezione: Mantova
Professor: Galimberti Melissa
Speech therapy for paediatric swallowing disorders
MED/50 - APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY - University credits: 1
Lessons: 10 hours
Professor: Pizzorni Nicole
Speech therapy for persons with slurred speech
MED/50 - APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY - University credits: 1
Lessons: 10 hours
Shifts:
Sezione: Bosisio Parini
Professor: Riolo Valentina
Sezione: Mamtova
Professor: De Martino Francesca
Sezioni: Sacco-DonGnocchi
Professor: Piacentini Valentina
Speech therapy for swallowing disorders, and post-surgical articulation
MED/50 - APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY - University credits: 1
Lessons: 10 hours
Professor: Pizzorni Nicole
Speech therapy for vocal disorders
MED/50 - APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY - University credits: 2
Lessons: 20 hours
Shifts:
Sezione: Mantova
Professor: Pozzali Ilaria
Sezioni: Sacco-Bosisio-DonGnocchi
Professor: Maruzzi Patrizia