You may want to look into Lee Silvermsn Voive Therapy, a moda;ity developed particularly with and for PWPs. Dr. Laurie Remig is the founder. ----- Original Message ----- From: CORINNE BOWMAKER <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 7:55 PM Subject: weak voice > 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