Speech and Swallowing - Parkinson's Foundation

Speech and Swallowing

A Body Guide to Parkinson's Disease

About this book

Glossary Definitions for all words underlined in blue can be found in the glossary starting on page 46. A comprehensive Parkinson's disease glossary can be found at Glossary.

Index An index of key words and topics can be found on page 48.

parkinson's foundation resources Certain pages include tip sheets with practical pointers. You can find more helpful tips for managing Parkinson's-related speech and swallowing changes in the books, fact sheets, videos, webinars and podcasts in our PD library at Library.

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Most people with Parkinson's disease (PD) will experience changes in speech, voice and swallowing at some point during the course of the disease. The same PD symptoms that occur in the muscles of the body ? tremor, stiffness and slow movement ? can occur in the muscles used when speaking and swallowing.

Changes in language and cognition include: thinking skills, how quickly you process information (i.e., speed of processing), focus/attention, finding words, memory and problem solving can also affect communication. Changes associated with Parkinson's disease may also affect the ability to express and understand voice pitch changes (i.e., prosody) and facial expressions that convey emotion (e.g., happiness, sadness, humor). Like other symptoms of PD, difficulties with speech and swallowing will vary from one person to another. This book will provide you with information, tools and exercises to help you better understand and manage speech, swallowing, voice, communication and cognitive problems in PD. However, it is important that people with PD and their family members advocate for a referral to a speech-language pathologist. This book is not intended to replace a consultation with a speech-language pathologist or other allied health specialist, but can help you to advocate for yourself or a family member by increasing your awareness of how a speech-language pathologist can help you.

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Contents

About Parkinson's Disease

5

Speech, Voice and Communication Challenges

7

Memory and Thinking Changes in PD

29

Anatomy of Speech Production and Swallowing

33

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Swallowing Changes 15

Summary 38

Getting the Help You Need 20

Appendices 39 Glossary 45 Index 48

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