Parkinson's disease patients find their voices again with help from speech therapists
by Hillary Davis, Los Angeles Times
Apr 24, 2019
2 minutes
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., - The patients gathered around tables at Los Alamitos Medical Center speak clearly and strongly. It's no coincidence. The power of their individual voices is threatened by their shared diagnoses.
They are living with Parkinson's disease, a progressive, degenerative neurological condition that affects movement - not just obvious motor skills but the abilities to speak and to swallow.
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