Research

A Speech-Language Pathologist tracks speech volume and quality on a computer monitor

Diagram: Evidence-Based Practice=Patient Satisfaction + Expoerts + Evidence Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) occurs when the following three components intersect: evidence that a treatment works, with an expert who provides the treatment, with patients who enjoy and profit from the treatment. After all, what good would a therapy program be that was effectively administered by an expert if the patients thought it was boring?

Parkinson Voice Project provides extensive training to our clinical staff (experts); our therapy programs are effective, fun, and interesting (patient satisfaction); and now, we are grateful to have independent researchers in the speech-language pathology community proving the efficacy of SPEAK OUT!^® and The LOUD Crowd^® (evidence).

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Studies and Publications

Levitt, J.S., (2014). A Case Study: The Effects of the “SPEAK OUT!^®” Voice Program for Parkinson’s Disease. International Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 4(2).
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Levitt, J.S., Chitnis, S. & Walker-Batson, D. (2015). The Effects of the “SPEAK OUT!^®” and “LOUD Crowd^®” Voice Programs for Parkinson Disease. International Journal of Health Sciences, 3(2), 13-19. doi: 10.15640/ijhs.v3n2a3
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Watts, C.R. (2016). A Retrospective Study of Long-term Treatment Outcomes for Reduced Vocal Intensity in Hypokinetic Dysarthria. BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders (2016) 16:2 DOI 10.1186/s12901-016-0022-8.
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Posters and Presentations

Cleveland, L., Pimentel, J., Talarico, M. & Solomon, J. Eastern Washington University, (2015). Vocal Intensity and Speech Intelligibility Pre- and Post-SPEAK OUT!^® Treatment. Poster presented at the annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Denver, CO.
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Cody, J. & Elandary, S. (2015). Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s: Common Speech Characteristics & Strategies for Intervention. Poster presented at the annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Denver, CO.
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Levitt, J.S., (2014). The Effects of the “SPEAK OUT!^®” and “LOUD Crowd^®” Voice Programs for Parkinson Disease. Poster presented at the annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Orlando, FL.
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Park, E., Santos, C., Dvorak, J.D., Gates, J., & Boutsen, F.R. (2015, April). The Effect of SPEAK-OUT!^® Voice Therapy on Prosody in Persons with Parkinson’s Disease. Oral presentation at the fifth annual College of Allied Health Research Day, Oklahoma City, OK.
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