According to the Parkinson's Voice Project, nine out of ten people with Parkinson's are at risk of developing a weak voice that can make it hard to hear or understand them.
A program known as Speak Out and Loud Crowd helps these individuals be heard.
The Minot State Communications Disorders program received a grant and will be implementing this program for staff and students.
The Speak Out program works with patients individually and teaches them how to speak with intent and deliberation.
The Loud Crowd program focuses on maintaining those skills.
"To do this and to be able come in and have the students learn but also the patients learn is a win-win plus two," said Lisa Roteliuk, MSU Assistant Professor - Communication Disorders.
Roteliuk says that Speak Out will start this fall and Loud Crowd will follow in the spring semester for graduate students.
https://www.myndnow.com/news/minot-news/speak-out-loud-crowd-program-helps-patients-with-parkinson-s/1286748660
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