In 2008 when my website went live, my intent was to have a vehicle for distributing the Voice Aerobics® DVD, a recording of an after-therapy class created in 1999 for people with Parkinson’s disease. I knew then, that 30 days of speech therapy was never enough...
Reduced vocal intensity (hypophonia) is a hallmark motor speech symptom of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and while the physiologic causes of motor speech changes in PD are not completely understood an impairment in accurate self-perception of speech has been...
Do You Have Swallowing Problem? Oro-pharyngeal dysphagia is a common symptom in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and related disorders, even in the early stage of disease, however, dysphagia in persons with Parkinson’s (PWP) has been underdiagnosed and...
