Effectiveness of Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT)® on hypernasality in non-progressive dysarthria: The need for further research

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-46

  Wenke, Rachel J ^a   Theodoros, Deborah ^a   Cornwell, Petrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dysarthria; Hypernasality; Stroke; Traumatic brain injury (TBI); Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LEE SILVERMAN VOICE TREATMENT; LOUDNESS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NASAL SPEECH; NOSE; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH THERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT; VOICE;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72749084858     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682820802638618     Document Type: Article

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