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Hi Patsy; I took speech therapy in 1986-87 long before I knew I had Parkinson's and certainly I had never heard of Lee Silverman. I was having trouble being heard and understood while lecturing classes in "elevator" technologies. I had to relearn some of the very basics of public speaking.......speak from the diaphragm.. keep your head up.....speak to the corners of the room...and so on. With practice I soon regained my normal voice and have had little trouble in that regard in the ten years since. The Lee Silverman voice treatment was developed around that same time and was named after one of the first patients. You can read more on the Denver Center for the Performing Arts web site at: http://webl.dcpa.org/lsvt.html > Does anyone out there have any info about the new speech therapy being > used for those with Parkinson's? It is called the Lee Silverman Voice > Treatment therapy and it is suppose to have lasting helpful effects for up > to 5 years after the initial therapy of 16 sessions in a one month period. > Has anyone tried it and how successful is it and how long did the benefits > of the therapy remain? Any info would be helpful. thank you. > > Patsy Manning > Keep this list hummin'.......regards.......Murray . [log in to unmask]