Speech therapy can
help Parkinson's patients with problems such as soft or hoarse voice, mumbled
or monotone speech, and swallowing difficulties that start early in the disease
process and progressively diminish quality of life.
PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 12, 2016
/PRNewswire/ -- Many voice problems improve dramatically with the help of
a speech language pathologist. Appropriate loudness, pitch and quality can be
achieved with the assistance of speech language services.
Speech therapy can help
Parkinson's patients with problems such as soft or hoarse voice, mumbled or
monotone speech, and swallowing difficulties that start early in the disease
process and progressively diminish quality of life.
The speech therapy method William
Damelio uses is the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT). LSVT is the
"gold standard" in treating speech disorders in people who have
Parkinson's disease and consists of an intense therapy that teaches patients to
develop the strength required to speak at a normal vocal loudness. The strong
theoretical and clinical research base behind LSVT has demonstrated substantive
results including improved vocal loudness and intelligibility, improved ability
to swallow, and increased facial expression.
Speech therapist William Damelio
works with people who have difficulty talking or understanding language,
difficulty swallowing, and with people who have cognitive, reading or
writing disorders. Evaluation services include the full range of speech
and language disorders, clinical swallowing assessment and
modified barium swallow. His patients' diagnoses include stroke,
head injury, head and neck cancer, laryngectomy, Parkinson's disease, ALS, MS,
developmental disorders, and related disorders of communication and
swallowing. Home program is usually an integral part of the
treatment plan.
Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication,
cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults.
William Damelio M.S., CF-SLP is
licensed in the state of Florida as a speech and language pathologist and is a
LSVT LOUD certified clinician. He holds a master's degree from Nova
Southeastern University. Speech Therapist William Damelio evaluates and treats
speech, voice, and swallowing disorders. William specializes is voice, swallow,
cognitive, and fluency (stuttering) disorders. William Damelio CF-SLP also
volunteers at Parkinson's disease support group sessions for the American
Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) and the National Parkinson's Foundation of
South Florida (NPF).
Contact:
Name: William T. Damelio
Email: careplusspeech@gmail.com
West Palm Beach, FL
Ph: 914-563-9343
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