If you are someone with speech and voice changes due to Parkinson’s disease or a related diagnosis, and you’ve completed speech therapy, you know the importance of continued daily practice. But practice isn’t always easy, especially when you are on vacation or just on the go.
Voice Aerobics® Travel pack bundled some of our customers favorite programs and put them on a USB stick that you can take with you and use in the car, on vacation, or anywhere you go. The usb can be used on any device that plays MP3 files. Or you can download the Hi-VOLT 4 PD guided speech practice and Songbirds audio by using one of our streaming partners.
Is Your Practice Making Your Voice Stronger?
Hypophonia (low volume) is a common voice symptom for people with Parkinson’s disease, and because it develops gradually over time, many PWP don’t recognize the change in their speech or voice. Speech therapy, therefore, often focuses on increasing voice strength and your therapist will likely provide home practice suggestions.
But, once home, in the absence of cueing from your therapist, and with faulty self- feedback due to Parkinson’s, you may revert to your low volume. Performing speech and voice exercises at a voice level too low to provide any strength benefit may yield a disappointing result.
Hi-VOLT®4 PD voice-on-light is a calibrated, voice-activated feedback tool that illuminates when your voice is loud enough. Because it’s housed within a bracelet, you can take it with you in the car, to physical therapy, boxing class, or wherever you want voice practice on the go. It doesn’t matter what language you speak; it works the same for everyone. Just Speak Up and See the Light!
How Does Hi-VOLT Help Strengthen Your Voice
The immediate feedback from the Hi-VOLT lighting up when you are speaking loud enough can help you practice at a high enough level of effort and when used consistently help you gain strength and endurance. Just as your car’s speedometer provides feedback for speed, you can practice keeping your voice in the zone. Feedback motivates, reinforces and speeds learning.Think of it as your personal trainer when you are practicing at home.
But It’s Not Just for Home!
Speech and voice practice doesn’t have to be boring, and doesn’t have to be done always sitting at a table or on a computer. If you are a passenger in the car, take your Hi-VOLT® bracelet with you when you are out running errands or traveling to appointments. Wear it in PT and OT or when you are at Rock Steady Boxing. Say out loud as many things as you can in a 20- minute ride. This can be license numbers, road signs, store marquee. Make it fun, and just stay loud enough to activate the light.
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My Mission: To enlist individuals in their treatment, and help them express their personality & spirit through voice. To educate and empower. Mary Spremulli, MA, CCC-SLP * Voice Aerobics® A Whole Body Approach to Voice Practice* Certified End of Life Specialist Training (CEOLS) * FiTOUR® Group Exercise Instructor