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Special Education & Communication Disorders

Shepard Presentations

Dr. Neil Shepard
2003 - Present
Shepard, N.T. & Clendaniel, R:  Vestibular Rehabilitation: Evaluation and Management of balance disorders.  2 day course for physical therapists, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Bryn Mawr, PA, Feb 1 & 2, 2003.
Shepard, N.T., Ruckenstein, M, Rotz, J: VEMPs in the monitoring of gentamicin treatment for Meniere’s.  Midwinter Research Meeting of Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Daytona Beach, FL, Feb 25, 2003.
Shepard, N.T.: Advanced topics in the assessment & management of the dizzy and balance disorder patient.  Keynote speaker (5 hour course) Minnesota Academy of Audiology Mid-winter Meeting, Minneapolis, MN Feb 15, 2003.
Shepard, N.T.: BPPV and current trends in the evaluation of the dizzy patient.  3 hour short course, Kentucky Speech and Hearing Association Conference on Communication Disorders, Lexington, KY, March 1, 2003.
Shepard, N.T.:  Vestibular function tests + faculty supervisor.  At Vestibular  - A competency-based Course for certification of physical therapists.  Emory University sponsor – Atlanta, GA March 11-15, 2003.
Shepard, N.T.:  Need for supplemental therapy in BPPV patients (panel presentation and discussion) & Vestibular Rehabilitation (1.5 hour course).  XVII Latin American Congress on Otoneurology. Madrid, Spain, May 31-June 3, 2003.
Shepard, N.T. and other faculty: (1) Basic Anatomy and Physiology (2) Vestibular Test Battery (3) Vestibular function Testing interpretation and cases.  Modern Diagnosis and management of vertigo. Three day course developed by: National Center for Vestibular Disorders, Haukeland University Hospital , Department of Physioltherapy, Bergen University College, Norway, Sept 17-19, 2003.
Shepard, N.T.: ENG- Administration and interpretation overview.  AAO-HNSF / ANS Hans-on Hearing and Balance Workshops. Orlando, FL, Sept 20, 2003, NYC Sept 19, 2004.
Shepard, N.T.: Management Concepts for the Dizzy and Balance Disordered Patient.  6 hour seminar. Rhode Island Academy of Audiology Meeting, Providence, RI, Oct 18, 2003.
Shepard, N.T.: Bedside (office) evaluation of the Dizzy and Balance Disorder Patient. Lecture at the Annual Audiology Update Mayo videoconference. Rochester, MN, Nov 8, 2003.
Shepard, N.T.: Management of the Balance and Dizzy Patient. Two-day seminar. San Antonio, TX, Dec 12-13, 2003. Sponsored by DAC medical equipment and MicroMedical, Inc.
Shepard, N.T.: Migraine Associated Dizziness. Audiology Grand Rounds, Department of Communications Disorders, Vanderbilt University TN, Feb 18, 2004.
Shepard, N.T.:  Clinical Office Examination of the Dizzy patient + faculty supervisor.  At Vestibular Rehabilitation - A competency-based Course for certification of physical therapists.  Emory University sponsor – Atlanta, GA March 9-14, 2004.
Shepard, N.T.: BPPV and Migraine, assessment and treatment. 4 hour seminar, Annual Michigan Speech and Hearing Association Meeting,  Mt. Pleasant MI, March 20, 2004.
Shepard, N.T.: (1) Pre-Course Anatomy and Physiology; Keynote address; (2) Review of Test Battery; (3) Rotational Testing; (4) Tests of Postural Control; (5) Exercise Based Therapy and Auditing a Vestibular Rehabilitation Service.  Balance 97, 2.5-day intensive course on assessment and management of vestibular disorders, sponsored by University of Southampton, Southampton, England, June 12-14, 1997, June 1998, June 1999, Dec 2000, Dec 2001, June 2003, June 2004
Shepard, N.T.: Selected lectures at – Vestibular function – advanced test interpretation and application to rehabilitation.  Course directors: Susan Herdman and Richard Clendaniel. 3.5 day course, Sponsored by Emory University, Atlanta, GA, July 23-26, 2004.
Solomon, D. & Shepard, N.T. Sensor-Assisted Vestibular Rehabilitation. 23rd Barany Society Meeting, Paris, France, July 7-9. J of Vestibular Research 14 (2 & 3), 2004: 287.
Publications 1999 - Present
Speers, R.A.; Shepard, N.T.; Kuo, A.: EquiTest modification with shank and hip angle measurements: Differences with age among normal subjects.  J of Vestibular Research 9, 435-444, 1999.
Allum, J.H.J.; Shepard, N.T.: An overview of the clinical use of dynamic posturography in the differential diagnosis of balance disorders.  J of Vestibular Research 9, 223-252, 1999.
Furman, J.M. et al.: Interlaboratory variability of rotational chair test results II: analysis of simulated data.  Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 122, 23-30, 2000
Griffith, A.J.; Gebarski, S.S.; Shepard, N.T.; Kileny, P.R.: Audiovestibular phenotype associated with a COL 11A1 mutation in Marshall syndrome.  Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, clinical note, 126, 891-894, 2000
Solomon, D., Shepard, N.T., Mishra, A.: Congenital periodic alternating nystagmus; response to baclofen.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.  956, 611-616, 2002
Staab, J.P., Ruckenstein, M.J., Solomon, D., Shepard, N.T.:  Exertional dizziness and autonomic dysregulation.  Laryngoscope, 112, 1346-1350, 2002
Staab, J.P., Ruckenstein, M.J., Solomon, D., Shepard, N.T.:  Serotonin reuptake inhibitors for dizziness with psychiatric symptoms.  Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,  128, 554-560, 2002
Shepard, N.T.:  Management of the Patient with Chronic Complaints of Dizziness: An Overview of Laboratory Studies.  NeuroCom Publication, Clackamas, Oregon, April 2003.

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