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Richardson, Kelly; Huber, Jessica E.; Kiefer, Brianna; Kane, Caitlin; Snyder, Sandy – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the respiratory strategies used by persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) to support louder speech in response to two voice interventions. Contrasting interventions were selected to investigate the role of internal and external cue strategies on treatment outcomes. LSVT LOUD, which uses an internal…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Diseases, Assistive Technology, Voice Disorders
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Higgins, Ashley N.; Richardson, Kelly C. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2019
The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine speech characteristics in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) before and after participation in an 11-week choral singing intervention. Speech characteristics were analyzed using an acoustic measure of vowel space area (VSA) and a standardized speech intelligibility metric. Participants…
Descriptors: Singing, Intervention, Neurological Impairments, Acoustics