Speech and swallowing problems lead to aspiration pneumonia, the main cause of death in Parkinson’s. Yet only 3-4% receive vital speech therapy that could help them.
Since there is no cure for Parkinson’s, patients and families must battle speech and swallowing challenges for life.
Our SPEAK OUT!® Therapy Program provides treatment through every stage of the disease.
89% of our budget is spent on patient care.
We are replicating our program beyond Texas. Besides 29 SPEAK OUT! Therapy & Research Centers in the U.S., we are training speech-language pathologists in hospitals and clinics worldwide. Our therapy materials are in English, Chinese, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish, and Thai.
Therapy sessions conducted from our Texas clinic
People with PD received SPEAK OUT! Therapy at other clinics
People with PD participated in online SPEAK OUT! Home Practice Sessions
Speech-language pathologists and graduate students trained in our program
With your holiday gift, more people with Parkinson’s will receive the speech and swallowing therapy they desperately need.
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