In addition to its widely recognized effects on gait, posture, balance, and upper limb coordination, Parkinson's disease (PD) can have a profound effect on speech and voice, within a cluster of speech ...

Q: Which doctor should I consult for dysarthria? A: You can consult an Otolaryngologist, ENT specialist or Neurologist for Dysarthria. A: As of now, there is no final cure for this condition. However, ...

Lee Silverman voice treatment (LSVT LOUD) — an intensive, strictly protocolised speech and language therapy — is efficacious for managing dysarthria due to Parkinson's disease. In contrast, generic ...

Every time we speak, our brains have to meticulously coordinate the movements of some 100 muscles in the face, mouth, tongue, lips, and vocal cords. Those muscles then have to fire almost ...

Carbamazepine: A drug used as an anti-convulsant. Cerebral palsy: A condition characterized by difficulty in muscle coordination and other impairments like dysarthria usually due to brain damage ...

There’s probably a funny side to dysarthria, says the prizewinning author, but she hasn’t found it yet My new book is called The Good, The Bad and the Little Bit Stupid, and when I start to talk about ...

The toxic effects of metronidazole include ataxia, peripheral neuropathy, and seizures. 1 There have been two reported cases in which abnormalities of the dentate nucleus on magnetic resonance imaging ...