Funding
The Foundation supports research across basic, translational and clinical science to speed breakthroughs that can lead to the creation of new treatments and a better quality of life for people with Parkinson's disease.
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Previously funded studies appear chronologically, with the most recent appearing first.
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Therapeutic Pipeline Program, 2018The PERSPECTIVE study: Personalized Speech Therapy for Active Conversation
Study Rationale:
Many people with Parkinson's disease have speech problems, which can be overcome by instructing patients to intentionally speak louder. However, to use this technique in daily life... -
Research Grant, 2023Understand Me for Life: Using Noise-augmented Automatic Speech Recognition to Improve Intelligibility in Parkinson’s Disease
Study Rationale: Most people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) develop voice and speech problems at some point during the course of the disease. Such problems, collectively known as the motor speech...
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Research Grant(Supplement) Understand Me for Life: Using Noise-augmented Automatic Speech Recognition to Improve Intelligibility in Parkinson’s Disease
Study Rationale: Most people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) develop voice and speech problems at some point during the course of the disease. Such problems, collectively known as the motor speech...
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Clinical Discovery Awards, 2006Treating speech disorders in patients with Parkinson's disease using altered auditory feedback
Speech problems are common in patients with Parkinson's disease. At an early stage, patients may find it hard to project their voice. As the disease progresses, patients start to have difficulty...
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Clinical Intervention Awards, 2009SING-PD: Singing In Groups for Parkinson's Disease: A Phase I/II Study of Choral Therapy for PD-related Voice/Speech Impairment
Objective/Rationale:
To compare two forms of speech and voice therapy (one involving breathing and speech exercises and the other involving singing in groups) to see which type of therapy is better in... -
Improved Biomarkers and Clinical Outcome Measures, 2017Using Automatic Acoustic Speech Analysis and REM Sleep Behavior Disorder to Detect Individuals at High Risk of Parkinson's Disease and Other Alpha-synucleinopathies
Study Rationale:
Speech is an important indicator of motor function and movement coordination and can be extremely sensitive to the progression of neurologic diseases. The aim of this project is to...
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