People with Parkinson’s can have trouble speaking clearly. But simple voice drills can help.
By Regina Nuzzo
Special to The Times
Los Angeles Times — Health Section
December 25, 2006
Martin Romoff used to rely on his voice to make a living as a Los Angeles tire salesman. But two decades of Parkinson’s disease muffled his speech and spoiled the art of easy conversation. Even his wife, Shirley, asked him to repeat himself over and over.
Then he learned about a special kind of voice training. For four one-hour sessions over a month, Romoff worked with a speech therapist in a program designed specifically to help people with Parkinson’s disease retain — or reclaim — the clarity of their speech.
