She serves as a mentor for a number of VitaIStim practitioners in South Africa. Karyn completed her primary VitaIStim training in the USA in 2008 and her advanced training in 2010. She has a specialist involvement in the rehabilitation of dysphagia, and research interests in the relationship between cognition and dysphagia in dementia, as well as Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and dementia. Karyn’s primary clinical interests are in the areas of adults with a range of neurogenic disorders of speech, language and swallowing.
Karyn is a reviewer for a number of scientific journals and is the current President of the South African Neurological Rehabilitation Association and of the Local Organizing Committee for the Word Congress of Neurological Rehabilitation to be held in Cape Town in 2020. She is a presenter at a number of workshops and keynote addresses at local and international conferences on the subject of swallowing disorders.
Her work combines running a multidisciplinary private practice, a teaching appointment at the University of the Witwatersrand, and delivering a range of training workshops for ICU staff, care facilities and fellow rehabilitation professionals. Karyn is a Speech-Language Pathologist in Johannesburg, South Africa. Non-Financial Disclosure: Jen uses VitalStim Therapy in her practice. When she’s not working, Jen enjoys hiking and backpacking in Colorado.įinancial Disclosure: Jen receives honoraria from CIAO Seminars for the presentation of her live courses and royalties for the purchase of her recorded course(s). She frequently presents at the local, state, and national level on the topic of swallowing treatment. She currently lives in Denver and has a private practice, the Carter Swallowing Center, solely focused on dysphagia.
Jen is a medically-based speech pathologist with 24 years of experience evaluating and treating dysphagia and is a board certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders.
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