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Advanced Practices in
Voice & Dysphagia

February 18-21, 2026

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Elevate your clinical practice with our full-day Pre-Conference Voice Symposium designed specifically for Speech-Language Pathologists. Gain experience interpreting changes in stroboscopy parameters when paired with basic training gestures, elevate your stimulability testing, and explore the critical intersection of voice and swallowing. Through case-based learning, you'll learn evidence-based therapy techniques and diagnostic strategies so you can leave with actionable tools and clinical pearls to immediately enhance your evaluations and therapy sessions. This is your opportunity to deepen your voice expertise and optimize patient outcomes.

The cost for the voice symposium is a separate registration fee from the main conference:

$155* for SLPs and other practitioners also attending the main Laryngology conference

$115* for SLP Masters students also attending the main Laryngology conference

$180* for SLPs and other practitioners attending only the Voice Symposium

$135* for SLP Masters students attending only the Voice Symposium

*After Jan 21, 2025, add $20

VOICE SYMPOSIUM DIRECTOR

Sarah Schneider, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathology Director, OHNS

Co-Director, UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center

Associate Clinical Professor

UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center

Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery University of California, San Francisco

ASHA Fellow

VOICE SYMPOSIUM FACULTY
Jackie Gartner-Schmidt, PhD, CCC-SLP

Professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology
Carlow University
ASHA Fellow

Edie Hapner, PhD, CCC-SLP

George W. Barber Jr Foundation Endowed Professor Of Otolaryngology

Co Director UAB Voice Center

Director of Hearing and Speech, Department of Otolaryngology
University of Alabama Birmingham
ASHA Fellow

Jonelyn Langenstein, MM, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Associate Clinical Professor

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Department of Otolaryngology - Voice Clinic

Northwestern University

Symposium Schedule:

7:00	Registration
8:00	Welcome and Announcements
8:10	What Being Old Has Taught Me: A Historical Perspective in VUAD — Edie R. Hapner, PhD, CCC-SLP
08:40	Q&A
8:50	It’s Good to Be Bad: Negative and Discriminatory Practice Rule! — Jackie Gartner-Schmidt, PhD, CCC-SLP
9:20	Q&A
9:30	Tease the System: Exploring Physiologic Changes and Stimulability Techniques — Jonelyn Langenstein, MM, MS, CCC-SLP
10:00	Q&A
10:10	Break with Exhibitors
10:30	Mind the Gap: When is Therapy Appropriate for Vocal Fold Immobility? — Sarah L. Schneider, MS, CCC-SLP
11:00	Q&A
11:10	Panel: Case Discussion — Moderator: Sarah L. Schneider, MS, CCC-SLP; Panelists: Faculty
11:55	Q&A
12:10	Lunch on Your Own
1:30	Choke & Croak: When Voice and Swallowing Collide — Jonelyn Langenstein, MM, MS, CCC-SLP
2:10	Q&A
2:20	Intensive Voice Therapy: What, Why, How, and For Whom? — Edie R. Hapner, PhD, CCC-SLP
2:50	Q&A
3:00	Break with Exhibitors
3:20	CTT for Gender Diverse Voice Therapy. Wait? What! Maybe Not… — Jackie Gartner-Schmidt, PhD, CCC-SLP
3:50	Q&A
4:00	Panel: Name That Diagnosis…. — Moderator: Sarah L. Schneider, MS, CCC-SLP; Panelists: Faculty
4:45	Q&A
5:00	Adjourn