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Aug 15
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Speech Scope Episode 18: What’s the Colo...

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About this episode

Allison Hilger, PhD, CCC-SLP, joins host Sarah Baar to explore the Colorado Motor Speech Framework—a free, easy-to-use tool for assessing motor speech disorders. Together, they discuss how it supports clinical decision-making and simplifies dysarthria diagnosis. Tune in for practical tips you can bring to your next evaluation.


Learning Objectives

  • Analyze the evidence around motor speech/dysarthria assessment
  • Apply evidence-based, practical strategies to actionably address diagnosing motor speech disorders and dysarthria subtyping, as well as logging perceptual observations of the patient’s speech
  • Solve patient case scenarios involving unclear motor speech diagnoses, such as mixed dysarthria subtypes


Timestamps

  • (00:00:00) Welcome
  • (00:00:05) Introduction to the Colorado motor speech framework
  • (00:02:53) The need for a new assessment tool
  • (00:05:55) Development of the Colorado motor speech framework
  • (00:08:23) Understanding dysarthria and its subtypes
  • (00:11:33) How to use the Colorado motor speech framework
  • (00:14:11) Clinical applications and settings for the framework
  • (00:21:15) Differential diagnosis in motor speech disorders
  • (00:28:02) The importance of individualized treatment goals
  • (00:36:23) Actionable takeaways
  • (00:40:16) Real-world clinical examples and wins
  • (00:45:40) Final thoughts


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