🌷 April Is Parkinson’s Awareness Month Parkinson’s disease affects more than 1 million people in the United States — and communication changes are among the most life-altering yet underrecognized symptoms. Early referral to a licensed...
A new patient asked: “am I coming to see you to find out how bad my voice is?” “NO,” I replied, “you’re coming to find out how good it could be!” Research has shown us that vocal behavior is hierarchically organized and that...
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...
