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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LEE SILVERMAN VOICE TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE NOW AVAILABLE AT UNIVERSITY SPEECH AND HEARING CLINIC
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., July 25, 2003 - Beginning in September, the Speech and Hearing Clinic at Southeast Missouri State University will begin providing the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT®) Program for Parkinson's disease to people in the Cape Girardeau area. The University's Speech and Hearing Clinic has announced that Martha Cook, MA, CCC-SLP, is the first speech-language pathologist to be certified to provide the LSVT® Program here. She is one of nine certified providers in Missouri and the only certified provider south of St. Louis and east of Springfield, Mo. Traditional approaches to speech therapy for persons with Parkinson's disease have typically been ineffective. But Cook said the internationally recognized LSVT® approach to therapy has been developed at the University of Arizona-Tucson. Unlike previous programs, the LSVT® program has documented short- and long-term effectiveness, she said. This method of treatment is an intensive program aimed at increasing phonatory effort, helpful with Parkinson's disease and other motor speech disorders, she said. Facts about LSVT:
Cook said a perceptual and objective evaluation of speech and voice must be completed for each person to document current levels of function and confirm appropriateness of this treatment protocol. This screening is provided at a minimal charge, she said. Prior to initiating treatment, a laryngeal exam must be performed with medical clearance to rule out disease or conditions that interfere with the function of the larynx. Treatment is provided at the University Speech and Hearing Clinic through the cooperative treatment of Cook and graduate students in the Department of Communication Disorders. Please contact the University Speech and Hearing Clinic at (573) 651-2050 or Department of Communication Disorders, MS 2600, Southeast Missouri State University, One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO for referrals with the first treatment sessions scheduled for September. | |
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