OBJECTIVE To define the effects of Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT on swallowing and voice in eight patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease. METHODS Each patient received a modified barium swallow (MBS) in addition to voice recording before and after 1 month of LSVT. Swallowing motility disorders were defined and temporal measures of the swallow were completed from the MBS. Voice eva...

Phonetic disorders are errors of articulation and resonance phonemes, which, in the presence or absence organic changes phonoarticulatory organs, persist beyond acquisition perceptual articulatory skills. For correct production each vowel/consonant, structures apparatus come into contact a variable way, following finely coordinated movements, adopt certain position to allow emission sound. Orof...

INTRODUCTION Developing an automated diagnostic and therapeutic instrument for treating swallowing disorders requires procedures able to reliably detect and evaluate a swallow. We tested a two-stage detection procedure based on a combined electromyography/bioimpedance (EMBI) measurement system. EMBI is able to detect swallows and distinguish them from similar movements in healthy test subjects....