Are You Running Out of Breath When You Talk?

Older patients I see for voice treatment as well as patients with motor speech problems associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD) often report that they are “running out of breath” when they speak. Are they truly running out of breath or are they not...

Practice Makes Perfect but Does it Apply to Speech?

Definition of Practice: to perform or work at repeatedly so as to become proficient practice the act; to do repeated exercises for proficiency (source: Merriam Webster) We have all experienced times in our life when we practiced performing or perfecting a skill. We...