Dysarthria Management for Minor Groups
Toward a Dysarthria Management Model for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Groups: Foreign Born Immigrants
Florida State University
32 participants
Aug 5, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This study develops and conduct a small-scale clinical trial study in which the linguistic and cultural diversity of the participants is considered. Speech therapy and counseling services are provided to both patients with Parkinson\'s disease and their caregivers.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria7
- Medical diagnosis of PD
- No history of other neurological disease
- Native speaker of Korean
- Age between 25 and 85
- Diagnosis of dysarthria secondary to PD from an SLP
- Self-reported typical hearing
- Access to high-speed internet for therapy sessions
Exclusion Criteria4
- A score of 23 or below on the Korean Montreal Cognitive Assessment
- Evidence of voice-speech disorders not-related to PD
- Received speech therapy for PD-related problems in the past one year
- Have no family members to participate in the project.
Interventions
Two types of intervention will be provided via online to 32 dyads of people with Parkinson's disease: (1) speech therapy (PD patients) and (2) family education/training (PD families). Speech therapy will replicate the dose prescribed by many treatment programs including LSVT LOUD, LSVT ARTIC and Be Clear, consisting of 16 sessions of 50-60 minutes duration delivered over four weeks. Participants will also be set 15 to 20 minutes of daily home practice. Family education/training will take place once a week over 4 weeks.
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NCT06593860