The Voice Aerobics Hi-VOLT® 4 PD voice-on-light is a calibrated feedback tool designed to help individuals with hypophonia (too low/soft a voice) increase their vocal intensity, through practice, to a more normal level of loudness. How does it work? The calibrated,...
The 2021 scholarship recipient is Kate Koval, a second year graduate student at Governors State University, University Park, Illinois. The Voice Aerobics® graduate student scholarship is awarded annually to a student who demonstrates character traits and intention to...
Imagine this Fourth of July going to a family barbecue and seeing and smelling all the luscious food but being unable to eat. Or imagine going to your grandchild’s high school or college graduation but being unable to speak or understand what everyone is talking...
In my 30 years of working as a speech-language pathologist in Florida, the first question I get from almost every new patient when contacting them to schedule an appointment is: “does Medicare pay for this?” My private practice serves adult patients only, and because...
Respiratory muscle weakness has been documented in persons with Parkinson’s disease (PWP). While some changes in lung function can be considered a part of normal aging, respiratory muscle weakness may be more pronounced in persons with PD, especially those with more...
Anyone attending a Parkinson’s support group meeting or seminar will recognize the familiar sound of alarms going off signaling time to take medication. And what follows is a common sight. A pill gets popped into one’s mouth with a sip of water, leaving me...
