What is the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT Loud)?
Most people are aware of the hallmark symptoms of Parkinson’s disease: tremors, stiffness, and trouble walking.But did you know that up to 90% 1 of people with Parkinson’s also have trouble speaking? Words can be slurred, mumbled, or stammered out in a pattern known as ‘tachyphemia’. Or sometimes a person will speak softly, or with a breathy quality.