ALS Learning Series: Managing Speech and Swallowing Problems in ALS

About the program: This webinar will discuss various ways ALS can impact your speech and swallowing. We will focus on early identification of symptoms, provide helpful tips including tongue and respiratory exercises along with voice banking and communication aid options. Knowing what to expect as your symptoms change can help you make well-informed and timely decisions to communicate and swallow safely for as long as possible.
About the speaker: Kristin Larsen received both her BS and MA in speech-language pathology from Northwestern University. She is currently the Assistant Director of the Northwestern University Speech Pathology clinical program on the Chicago campus and is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders of Northwestern University. Kristin’s clinical and research interests include speech and swallowing disorders in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and other progressive neurologic diseases, and the management of complex dysphagia. She has served as one of the two primary Speech Language Pathologists in the Lois Insolia ALS Clinic at the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine for the last eight years.