Jim,
There are exercises that a speech therapist could provide your
mother with that may help her a little bit. I know that some phone
companies have special microphone that can be place in the telephone for
better projection of the voice. You can also take your mother to a voice
disorder doctor and he/she will have some suggestions. Sometimes they use
collegian injections that help restore the voice. Please call if you have
any questions, 800-841-8765.
Claudia Perdices, MSW
National Parkinson Foundation
Patient Services & Outreach Program
Neurosciences Institute
Good Samaritan Hospital
> Since the subject of voice loss has come up recently,
> I have a question for anyone. My Mother (PD, 82 years old) has almost
> lost
> her voice--very low volume. We would like to buy her something to amplify
> her voice on the telephone (she has stopped calling her friends because of
> her weak voice). We can find a million things to amplify hearing but
> nothing to to amplify the voice transmission on a telephone.
>
> ANY SUGGESTIONS OR IDEAS OF WHERE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WOULD AID HER
> WILL
> BE APPRECIATED!
>
> Jim
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