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Hi, I am new to the list and actually joined to better help my patients with Parkinson Disease. I am a speech language pathologist and have enjoyed everyone's comments. As for injections..they can be done and are not proven beneficial for everyone in the same way. Also, new injections have to be done every 3-6 months. As for speech therapy, I do believe it works there is a program called Lee Silverman that really works and does amplify as well as make your speech more intelligable to unfamiliar listeners. As I stated earlier, I am a speech language pathologist and I have seen this approach prove to be very beneficial. I also work extensively with my patients on breathing patterns because, like many of you, they become short of breath or lack the respiratory drive to sustain speech. I hope this has been helpful and I would love to speak with anyone regarding injections, speech, and respiration. Good luck to all of you and best wishes. Shannon At 09:32 PM 8/19/97 -0400, Trish Scarmuzzi wrote: >David, > Dad did some checking around here in Ohio, and while there is someone giving >the injections at Cleveland Clinic, he does not give them to Parkinson's >patients. My guess is that he must use a general anesthesia. Dad then asked >Dr. Berke at UCLA (who will give Dad his first injection on Sept. 5)if there >is anyone else around the country giving the injections to PWPs, and he said >that he's currently the only one doing it. However, Dr. Berke did say that >he's training other people in the procedure. We're hoping that one of Dad's >doctors will be interested enough in it once Dad has the injections that he >or she will be willing to learn the procedure from Dr. Berke. You're right, >the speech therapy isn't going to restore your voice. Dad had 6-8 weeks of it >last summer, and if anything, his voice keeps getting worse. At least then I >could hear him sometimes, but now often no sound comes out when his lips are >moving! So, we're looking forward to hearing his voice again soon (17 days >and counting...) I'll let you know if anyone here decides to do the >injections. I don't know where you are, but Ohio might be closer! Trish > >