Parkinson's Disease

We don’t realize how important our voice is until we can no longer use it. That can be the case for patients with Parkinson’s disease, which can cause the voice to become so soft, hoarse and broken that we can no longer tell stories to our grandchildren, call the names of our pets or talk to our children on the phone.

As Parkinson’s is a degenerative disease, people sometimes assume – incorrectly – that nothing can be done about the loss of voice production. In fact, we’ve learned by using the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment for nearly two decades that it is never too late to bring back one thing that truly belongs to you: your voice.