Losing Voice

[Tamarisk]

Where can I find exercises for self help, my OH is losing the ability to speak, the voice is a thread of its former self.

[wifeofparky]

Has he been evaluated by a Speech Therapist?

The LOUD Program is very good for speech issues. You can Google it for info

[Tamarisk in reply to wifeofparky]

I will look it up, thank you, he has not been evaluated and because he has dementia as well he cannot learn the language, we live in Spain, so it would be very difficult for him to understand, we are originally from the UK.

[wifeofparky in reply to Tamarisk]

good luck

[Hikoi in reply to Tamarisk]

Unfortunately some people with PD get very hard to hear. As well as LSVT loud many people find that joining a choir improves their volume and breath control. Would that be a possibility?

[Bazillion]

itunes.apple.com/gb/app/spe...

If you have access to a tablet you can download this app and he can practice speaking daily with it

parkinsonslife.eu/top-apps-...

This is a link to several other apps available to help people with PD

[Tamarisk]

Thank you all for your information and help, I will be looking at it all to find out what would suit my husband the best.

[JohnPepper]

Hi Tamarisk. Can he shout?

[Tamarisk in reply to JohnPepper]

No not really. he has always had a very soft voice, the voice comes and goes, if he has had a fall, frequent, the voice goes, if he is put under any strain it also happens, I am hard of hearing so if I do not have my hearing aids in then communication is difficult.

[JohnPepper in reply to Tamarisk]

Hi Tamarisk. I often paint a picture, in the minds of patients, in which I create the scene where the patient is sitting, say with you, having a drink of wine, after a long day's work and suddenly the patient smells smoke and he turns around and sees that the house is on fire and the children are in the bedroom and if he doesn't shout, "Fire", they will die. That normally, but not always, brings out quite a good shout from the patient. Sometimes the patient does not consciously shout, because he/she knows he/she ia unable to do so.

Shouting is a conscious act, speaking is controlled by thr subconscious mind. That is why this usually works. If it does with your husband then he can consciously speak louder, not just willing himself to do so, but consciouslt telling himself to do so.

I hope this works for you.

Kind regards

[Tamarisk]

Well thanks for the reply Hal-9000 but I totally fail to understand what you are trying to tell me, or was that show me?

[Serenity_finaly-1 in reply to Tamarisk]

Parkinson's just flat out sucks. The only time you are not complaining about it is when you are having a good day. I have decided to keep this site positive. I have been on other sites and you feel worse than when you got on it. There is absolutely no benefit to the video but perhaps make some one smile. I know that some people thoughts went straight to that scene when you were asked if your husband knew how to shout.😂

[Tamarisk in reply to Serenity_finaly-1]

Ah, well there is humour and humour Hal, and that clip I found extremely irritating, apart from that I had never heard of it before, we still enjoy life, have fun, and laugh at some of the happenings of PD, but at our stage of life with no real local help when I ask a serious question I hope to get answers that will help not hinder, yes I am grumpy, its 3.30 in the morning here, cant sleep so back to research.

[Serenity_finaly-1 in reply to Tamarisk]

My apologies. I will delete it. Just remember that you are not the only one suffering and I did wait 3 days and usually post start getting few replies after that.

[Tamarisk in reply to Serenity_finaly-1]

OK Hal, and I am not the one suffering with PD, Just trying to understand this unpleasant and varied disease.

I will put my old hat on from another life, I was a sports psyc. so if you want to vent then that's fine, you might get some black humour back, I guess we will both enjoy that exchange. Many summer days may you have.

[Serenity_finaly-1 in reply to Tamarisk]

No Venting.

Family.

[Serenity_finaly-1 in reply to Serenity_finaly-1]

You don't know about Animal House? I find this site Fascinating.

[Tamarisk in reply to Serenity_finaly-1]

But why Hal? what am I missing, its not Beethoven's 6th is it? which gives me so much pleasure.

[Serenity_finaly-1]

It is considered to be one of the top 10 funniest movies of all time, right next to Monty Python and The Holy Grail, another of my favorites.

[Tamarisk in reply to Serenity_finaly-1]

That explains all, my son of 55 used to be creased up with laughter watching, it, I used to wonder what was funny, my humour goes way back to Navy Lark and such, its a generation thing I think.

[Beckey in reply to Serenity_finaly-1]

Tootsie, followed by Waiting for Guffman, Young Frankenstein, and one of Carl Reiner's first, Enter Laughing. Oh, I turn to on-screen hilarity as medicine frequently and it seldom fails!

[Serenity_finaly-1]

I am 52 so that would make sense. I find myself surrounding myself with comedy. Its hard to wine about your symptoms when you are laughing.

[Tamarisk in reply to Serenity_finaly-1]

Oh Hal that is so young to have PD, yes you just have to laugh, I am 75 going on 35 in brain but not body, John my husband is 79, I am sure he has had PD unrecognised for the last 15 years, and then the dementia, he was diagnosed about 6 years ago when he had a seizure, due to low sodium in the body and the trembling started.

You would enjoy talking to this particular son of mine his humour sounds on par with yours, I would probable shake my head and say what you doing man!!

Keep it up Hal, you also sound very with it regarding PD.

[Serenity_finaly-1 in reply to Tamarisk]

Thank you. It's hard because the age of people with Parkinson's run the gamut. I once told someone who had early onset if they could give their life over to a family or trusted friend while they recovered from a very stressed out time in their lives and boy did I get chewed out. So I just try to bring some levity to the day.

[Beckey]

We do a lot of vocalizing as part of Rock Steady Boxing.

[arwenmark]

I found myself saying "what" about 50 times a day and I have good hearing. So I bought my husband a voice enhancement machine that straps to his waist it amplifies everything he says. Makes a big difference.

[Tamarisk in reply to arwenmark]

Did not know about this machine, can you give me any detail please, name, how to obtain. Thank you for replying

[arwenmark in reply to Tamarisk]

Try typing voice amplification on google or on amazon.com

One thing you will want rechargeble batteries and a charger for them.