Progress and Prospects in Parkinson's Research/Symptoms/Hypophonia

Reduced vocal force

The following references are relevant:-

Russell et al (2010) Targeted exercise therapy for voice and swallow in persons with Parkinson’s disease ^[1]

Hammer et al (2010) Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation changes speech respiratory and laryngeal control in Parkinson's disease ^[2]

Darling and Huber (2011) Changes to Articulatory Kinematics in Response to Loudness Cues in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease ^[3]

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References

↑ Rusell, John A.; Ciucci, Michelle R.; Connor, Nadine P. and Schallert, Timothy (2010) Full Text Brain Res. 1341 3 – 11. Targeted exercise therapy for voice and swallow in persons with Parkinson’s disease. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2908992/
↑ Hammer, Michal J.; Barlow, Stephen M.; Lyons, Kelly E. and Pahwa, Rajesh (2010) Full Text J. Neurol. 257 (10) 1692 – 1702. Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation changes speech respiratory and laryngeal control in Parkinson's disease. http//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3014054/
↑ Darling, Meghan and Huber, Jessica E.(2011) Full Text J. Speech Lang. Hear. Res. 54 (5) 1247 – 1259. Changes to Articulatory Kinematics in Response to Loudness Cues in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3433496/