Speech Exercises for Stroke and Parkinson’s
Singapore General Hospital (SGH) Speech Therapy Department shares speech exercises that people with Parkinson's disease or have suffered a stroke should do once or twice daily to improve speech.
Frequent practicing of speech out loud
can help a person with Parkinson's disease or have suffered a stroke to improve speech capabitlity.
Speech exercises for stroke and Parkinson's patients
These speech exercises are to be done 1 to 2 times a day.
Say "Ah" with a loud voice for as long as you can |
Do this
10 times |
Count 1 to 10 in a loud voice | Do this
10 times |
Sing a scale from a low to high pitch
(do rei mi fa so la ti do) |
Do this
10 times |
Sing a scale from a high to low pitch
(do ti la so fa me rei do) |
Do this
10 times |
Read aloud a list of phrases or sentences that you frequently use |
Read through this list of items
5 times |
This information was provided by the
Singapore General Hospital (SGH)
Speech Therapy Department, a member of the
SingHealth group.
Ref: K21
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