The prevalence of speech disorders among individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) has
been reported to be as high as 89%. Speech impairment in PD results from a combination of …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is typically well recognized by its characteristic motor symptoms
(eg, bradykinesia, rigidity, and tremor). The cognitive symptoms of PD are increasingly being …

Introduction The World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning,
Disability and Health calls on speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to provide care that …

Purpose Alterations in speech and voice are among the most common symptoms in
Parkinson's disease (PD), often resulting in motor speech disorders such as hypokinetic …

Abstract Background Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT LOUD®), an intensive 4-week
program of voice therapy, is regarded as the most well-researched, efficacious treatment for …

Communicative participation is restricted in many conditions associated with dysarthria. This
position paper defines and describes the construct of communicative participation. In it, the …

Purpose: Acoustic–prosodic entrainment, defined as the tendency for individuals to modify
their speech behaviors to more closely align with the behaviors of their conversation partner …

Abstract Background The Communicative Participation Item Bank (CPIB) is a patient‐
reported outcome measure (PROM) designed to measure the extent of interference, or …

Purpose: We proposed and tested a causal instantiation of the World Health Organization's
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework, linking …

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are essential in patient-centered, evidence-based
practice in speech-language pathology. PROs respect individuals who live with …