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

帕金森氏症患者经常会发展出柔和、模糊和单调的语言，这会显著影响他或她的家人以及整个社区的沟通能力。迄今为止，对帕金森氏症患者的言语障碍最有效的治疗方法是Lee Silverman Voice Treatment(LSVT)计划，该计划侧重于改善个人的声音响度和质量，从而提高语音清晰度。对于许多患有这种疾病的人来说，由于他们的身体残疾、他们需要旅行的距离以及语言病理学家的可用性，获得这种有效的治疗他们的言语障碍是非常困难的。该项目旨在通过开发一种远程保健系统来克服这些接入问题，该系统将使言语病理学家能够使用视频会议来评估和治疗通过互联网患有言语障碍的帕金森氏症患者。这项研究的目的是最终使帕金森氏症患者能够在自己的家里或当地社区接受治疗。

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.