Samantha and JackLyn...
Please note that the collagen procedure (and I have had it done at both UCLA
and at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles), while being a terrific boon for those
of us Parkies who have faint, whispery voices, does NOT help if the speech
problem is caused by muscles around the mouth or by tongue/throat problems.
IF your dad's speech problem originates in the vocal cords, he might easily
benefit from this 5 minute, non-painful, covered-by-Medicare procedure!
Barb Mallut
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From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Bothast, Samantha
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 1997 12:00 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
Subject: Re: speech problems
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ((JackLyn)) [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 1997 10:31 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
> Subject: speech problems
>
> My father has had parkinsons for about eight years. He is now in a
> nursing
> home and uses a chair.
> The problem now is his speech. It is getting more and more difficult
> to
> understand him. Could anyone tell me the progression of this problem?
> He
> has had speech therapy but we are now told there is nothing we can do.
> Is
> this true? Thanks, Jacklyn
>
Jacklyn,
There is a program at UCLA in Los Angeles that does collagen
voice injections. Their number is 310.206.6688. Hope the info is
helpful. Samantha
