VOICE CLINICS FORUM 2023: Laryngeal Diagnostics

Programme

8.45am	Registration
9.10am	Welcome from the BVA VCF Team
9.15am	High Definition examination "What to see"	Dr. James Thomas
10.05am	Diagnostics and management of artistic voice in Office and OR	Prof. Ahmed Geneid
10.55am	Panel discussion
11.15am	Break
11.45am	Secrets of Neurolaryngology	Dr. James Thomas
12.45pm	Lunch
1:45pm	Research Presentations	Dr. James Thomas
2.45pm	Hearing a voice disorder	Dr. James Thomas
3.45pm	Tea
4:15pm	AVQI: measuring dysphonia severity in voice clinics	Prof. Dr. Youri Maryn
4.30pm	Diversity in the acoustic output of voice pathologies	Prof. Dr. Youri Maryn
5.30pm	Close

SPEAKERS

 

Prof. Ahmed Geneid

Prof. Ahmed Geneid is adjunct professor, laryngologist and phoniatrician. He is a head of department in Helsinki University Hospital of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Prof. Geneid is serving as president and founding member of Finnish Laryngological Society and president of Union of the European Phoniatricians in addition to being vice-president and founding member of the International Association of TransVoice Surgeons.

He leads a multidisciplinary team specifically focused on dealing with voice and swallowing patients in Helsinki University Hospital, Finland. Prof. Geneid authored over 60 peer-reviewed international articles and chapters of textbooks. In addition, he teaches regularly on different laryngology and phonosurgery topics. Prof. Geneid is merited as Finland’s ENT doctor of the year 2020 by Finnish association of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. He also received different awards as best presenter for two times by Finnish association of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. One of his articles received Journal of Voice Best Paper Award in 2013.

 

Prof. Dr. Youri Maryn

Youri Maryn, PhD, graduated in 1998 as a Bachelor in Speech-Language Therapy and Audiology at Ghent University College and in 2001 as Master in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at Ghent University. With his thesis entitled 'Acoustic measurement of overall voice quality in sustained vowels and continuous speech' he earned in 2010 the degree of Doctor in Social Health Sciences at Ghent University.

He works as clinical speech-language pathologist at the European Institute for ORL-HNS (Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, GZA Sint-Augustinus, Wilrijk, Belgium). He also is a professor and teaches on acoustic phonetics at Ghent University and on voice disorders at Ghent University College and Université Catholique de Louvain. He is post-doctoral researcher at Antwerp University. He serves as board member of the Flemish Association for Speech-Language Therapists and is international affiliate of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

He publishes on voice disorder management and acoustics, and he speaks regularly at (inter)national voice and speech pathology/science meetings. His specific topics of interest are clinical voice assessment, voice disorder management, voice and speech acoustics, and oral versus nasal speech production. In 2017 Youri Maryn founded Phonanium Comm V, a company dedicated to developing and providing acoustic measurement tools relevant to all voice and speech clinicians/scientists.

 

Dr. James Thomas

P. Thomas, M.D. subspecialized in laryngology in 1998. He enjoyed learning from pioneers in the field from Europe to China.

Known around the world for his YouTube channel, VOXDOC - the voicedoctor and website voicedoctor.net offering referrals, photographs and video instruction on voice disorder diagnosis; for his teaching methods on diagnosing voice disorders and for his writing. His publication, "Why is there a frog in my throat? — A guide to hoarseness” offers young laryngologists insights into the function of the human vocal cords. Interactive teaching on diagnosis is online at https://www.voicedoctor.net/diagnosis.

His controversial perspectives on the voice, including diagnosis by ear, visual neurolaryngology and the critisicm of overuse of anti-reflux medication in laryngology, lead to thoughtful discussion about the mechanisms of injury to the vocal cords. He has pioneered Feminization laryngoplasty, a transgender laryngeal surgery to alter comfortable speaking pitch and vocal range.

He has published in academic journals on denervation, reflux laryngitis (or lack thereof), spasmodic dysphonia treatment and transgender surgery. He has authored textbook chapters including the Nerurkar's Laryngology, Salgado's Gender Affirmation surgery, Prasad & Remacle's Advances in Neurolaryngology, Chandrsekar's Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America Gender Affirmation in Otolaryngology: Compassion and Techniques.