For 30 years of practice in Florida, I have had hundreds of couples in my office with a similar complaint: “he/she doesn’t speak loud enough and he/she doesn’t hear.” Since so much of my practice is devoted to serving people with...
When meeting a new patient with Parkinson’s disease diagnosis, I will ask if they have received speech therapy in the past and if they answer “yes”, I ask if it was helpful. Often patients do report that they participated in a formal program such as LSVT®...
Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is among the most common non-motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease (PD) with prevalence reported as high as 53%. Yet, accurate diagnosis and management can often elude patients, who may be sent to a variety of specialists, including...
Most behavioral speech and voice treatment approaches for patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) depend on a conscious response from patients to self-monitor some aspect of speech production such as vocal intensity (loudness) or speech rate. However, research...
