Hello Everyone, I am usually a "lurker" reading the posts to get info/ideas for my Mom who has Parkinson's. She has noticed that her voice is getting weaker and we more often have to ask her to repeat what she says. She realizes that it is due to stiffening of the chest wall muscles and she's not getting enough projection of her voice. Are there ideas that can help her? Are there some exercises that she can do to strengthen her voice/chest wall muscles, to get more "oomph" behind her words? What about the voice amplifiers...do they sound "natural"? Are they basically microphones? Thanks so much for your help!! Corinne ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com