Innovative technology for the assisted delivery of intensive voice treatment (LSVT®LOUD) for Parkinson disease

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 354-367

  Halpern, Angela E ^a,b   Ramig, Lorraine O ^a,b   Matos, Carlos E C ^c   Petska Cabl, Jill A ^b   Spielman, Jennifer L ^a,b   Pogod, Janice M ^d   Gilley, Phillip M ^a   Sapir, Shimon ^e   Bennett, John K ^a   Mcfarland, David H ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c Faculdade Ruy Barbosa   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Parkinson; Speech treatment; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869214916     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2012/11-0125)     Document Type: Article

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