Journal Reviews

Sing it, say it, sort it: singing for Parkinson’s disease

6 January 2023 | | Speech and Language Therapy | Parkinson’s disease, acoustic analysis, dysarthria, intergenerational choral singing, objective assessment, speech rehabilitation

Parkinson’s disease (PD) occurs in 1% of the population aged over 60. Changes in voice and speech are among the earliest and most prevalent symptoms of PD; reduced vocal intensity, monopitch, monoloudness, breathy and hoarse voice quality, imprecise articulation, vocal...

Future practice: tele-rehabilitation in speech and language therapy

2 November 2020 | | Speech and Language Therapy | Parkinson’s disease, Telerehabilitation, group therapy

It is known that our population is ageing, resulting in an increase in the number of people living with progressive neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease. Health services endeavour to deliver specialist and personalised care to all these people, often...

Do it like a techy: telepractice in SLT for people with Parkinson’s disease

1 November 2019 | | Head and Neck | Parkinson’s disease, speech-language pathology, telepractice

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurological condition in Australia, and communication difficulties are reported by 90% of people with the condition. Unfortunately, not all people with PD have access to speech and language therapy services due to...