Can group singing provide effective speech therapy for people with Parkinson's disease?

Arts and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-95

  Evans, Caroline ^a   Canavan, Michael ^b   Foy, Christopher ^c   Langford, Roger ^d   Proctor, Ruth ^a  

^a Herefordshire NHS Specialist Directorate   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS UK   (United Kingdom)

^c GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Hereford Council Music Pool   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group lessons; Parkinson's; Singing; Speech therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861363221     PISSN: 17533015     EISSN: 17533023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2011.584883     Document Type: Article

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