PD Edu: Let Me Hear Your Voice

Renée Gustin, M.S.,CCC-SLP and Dr. Rebecca Howell present on speech issues in Parkinson's disease. You will learn coordination of breathing, voice, and swallowing affected in Parkinson’s Disease. Also you will learn how to understand the treatment for Parkinson’s Voice and Swallowing disorders.
Renée Gustin is a speech language pathologist at UC Health within the Department of Otolaryngology, with a specialty in the treatment of professional and performance voice. Renée is a South Florida native. She attended the University of Florida for her bachelor’s degree and the University of Arizona for her masters in speech language pathology. She completed her clinical fellowship at the Vegas Voice Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada where she had the opportunity to treat professional singers and cultivate a passion for the treatment of neurological voice disorders. Renée is a classically trained singer; she sang with University of Florida Opera and was selected for the young artist program at the Palm Beach Opera. Renée performs at various venues around the Cincinnati area.
Rebecca Howell, MD, specializes in treating voice and swallowing disorders and is a partner with Sid Khosla, MD at the UC Health Voice and Swallowing Center.Dr. Howell will be performing in-office transnasal esophagoscopy (TNE) and was recruited to the department as the Director of the Swallowing Center. Her research interests include benign swallow conditions, especially Zenkers diverticulum and endoscopic esophageal dilation, botox, and cricopharyngeal myotomy. She is also interested in swallowing outcomes in head and neck cancer survivors and establishing protocols for their care. She will be the first otolaryngologist in the area with a specialized clinic focused on swallowing disorders. Additionally, Dr. Howell will continue in a strong line of work already established in both voice and airway by the continued collaboration between Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati. She has unique training for in-office procedures including lasers in laryngology for the treatment of small laryngeal pre-cancerous lesions and recurrent papilloma. In-office biopsies and bronchoscopy can also be performed in selected patients. The use of in-office laser will be the first one in the area to treat adult patients.