Luciana Lemos de Azevedo1, Irene Soares de Souza2, Patrícia Marques de Oliveira3, Francisco Cardoso4. 1. Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. 2. Fala - Clínica e Consultoria em Saúde, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. 3. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. 4. Departamento de Clínica Médica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Parkinsonian patients usually present speech impairment. The aim of this study was to verify the influence of levodopa and of the adapted Lee Silverman Vocal Treatment® method on prosodic parameters employed by parkinsonian patients. METHOD: Ten patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease using levodopa underwent recording of utterances produced in four stages: expressing attitudes of certainty and doubt and declarative and interrogative modalities. The sentences were recorded under the effect of levodopa (on), without the effect of levodopa (off); before and after speech therapy during the on and off periods. RESULTS: The speech therapy and its association with drug treatment promoted the improvement of prosodic parameters: increase of fundamental frequency measures, reduction of measures of duration and greater intensity. CONCLUSION: The association of speech therapy to medication treatment is of great value in improving the communication of parkinsonian patients.
OBJECTIVE:Parkinsonianpatients usually present speech impairment. The aim of this study was to verify the influence of levodopa and of the adapted Lee Silverman Vocal Treatment® method on prosodic parameters employed by parkinsonianpatients. METHOD: Ten patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease using levodopa underwent recording of utterances produced in four stages: expressing attitudes of certainty and doubt and declarative and interrogative modalities. The sentences were recorded under the effect of levodopa (on), without the effect of levodopa (off); before and after speech therapy during the on and off periods. RESULTS: The speech therapy and its association with drug treatment promoted the improvement of prosodic parameters: increase of fundamental frequency measures, reduction of measures of duration and greater intensity. CONCLUSION: The association of speech therapy to medication treatment is of great value in improving the communication of parkinsonianpatients.
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