Lee Silverman Voice Treatment®
Lee Silverman Voice Treatment®
Why LSVTR?
- To increase volume levels
- Improve speech
- Improve intonation
- Build confidence in communicating with others
- Evidenced Based treatment for people with Parkinson’s Disease with evidence of a 2 year carryover
- Certified LSVT Loud® clinician
What can LSVT support?
- If you have Parkinson’s Disease, this is an evidenced based therapy programme which aims to improve:
- Vocal loudness
- Speech clarity
- Intonation
- Facial expression
- Improve confidence in communicating with others and therefore increase social opportunities
- Improve quality of life
- Other neurological conditions such as MS, PSP can also be treated with this programme.
How to move forward:
- Intense therapy programme which includes:
- 16 individualised face-to-face one hour therapy sessions, 4 times a week, for a month.
- Home programme
- Some treatment sessions can be completed over telemedicine (via a video link)
Where?
- Home visits
- Video conferencing
- Clinic appointments.
More information: https://www.lsvtglobal.com/
PD UK: https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/information-and-support/speech-and-language-therapy