Re: weak voice

["Monte E. Wetzler" <mwetzler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You may want to look into Lee Silvermsn Voive Therapy, a moda;ity developed
particularly with  and for PWPs.    Dr. Laurie Remig is the founder.

----- Original Message -----
From: CORINNE BOWMAKER <zencorinne@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 7:55 PM
Subject: weak voice


> Hello Everyone,
>        I am usually a "lurker" reading the posts to get info/ideas for my
> Mom who has Parkinson's.  She has noticed that her voice is getting weaker
> and we more often have to ask her to repeat what she says.  She realizes
> that it is due to stiffening of the chest wall muscles and she's not
getting
> enough projection of her voice.  Are there ideas that can help her?  Are
> there some exercises that she can do to strengthen her voice/chest wall
> muscles, to get more "oomph" behind her words?  What about the voice
> amplifiers...do they sound "natural"?   Are they basically microphones?
> Thanks so much for your help!!
>
> Corinne
> ________________________________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at