A telehealth application for the assessment and treatment of disordered speech in Parkinson's disease

用于评估和治疗帕金森病言语障碍的远程医疗应用

• 批准号: nhmrc : 301029
• 负责人: Prof Deborah Theodoros
• 金额: $ 24.2万
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: NHMRC Project Grants
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-01-01 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/telehealth-application-assessment-parkinsons-disease/81605
• 关键词: telehealth; application; assessment; treatment; disordered

People with Parkinson's disease frequently develop soft, indistinct, and monotonous speech that significantly affects the person's ability to communicate with his or her family, and the community in general. To date, the most effective treatment for the speech disturbance seen in persons with Parkinson's disease is the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT ) program that focuses on improving the individual's vocal loudness and quality, resulting in improved speech intelligibility. For many people with this disease, accessing this effective treatment for their speech disorder is very difficult due to their physical disabilities, the distances they are required to travel, and the availability of speech pathologists. This project aims to overcome these access issues through the development of a telehealth system that will enable speech pathologists to assess and treat people with Parkinson's disease who have a speech disorder across the Internet using videoconferencing. It is intended that this research will ultimately enable people with Parkinson's disease to be treated within their own home or local community.

患有帕金森病的人经常会出现轻柔、模糊和单调的言语，这严重影响了患者与家人和整个社区沟通的能力。迄今为止，针对帕金森病患者言语障碍最有效的治疗方法是李·西尔弗曼语音治疗 (LSVT) 计划，该计划的重点是改善个人的声音响度和质量，从而提高言语清晰度。对于许多患有这种疾病的人来说，由于他们的身体残疾、所需行进的距离以及语言病理学家的可用性，获得这种有效的言语障碍治疗方法非常困难。该项目旨在通过开发远程医疗系统来克服这些访问问题，该系统将使言语病理学家能够使用视频会议通过互联网评估和治疗患有言语障碍的帕金森病患者。这项研究的目的是最终使帕金森病患者能够在自己的家中或当地社区接受治疗。