Cognition
defined as the development of significant cognitive changes that affect your daily life and sometimes the ability to live independently
What is dementia?
This hallmark motor symptom causes rhythmic shaking, often starting in one hand.
What are tremors?
This habit, done daily, helps your brain stay active and may help reduce stiffness and improve movement.
What is exercise?
This is the first /m/ vowel sound in the classic SPEAK OUT! warm-up.
What is may?
People hang these on doors or walls during Christmas; they are often circular and made of evergreen.
What is a wreath?
Something someone sees, hears, smells, tastes, or feels that is not there
What are hallucinations?
The stiffness and resistance to movement seen in Parkinson’s is known by this term.
What is rigidity?
This type of therapy focuses on improving balance, walking, and flexibility to reduce fall risk in Parkinson’s.
What is phsyical therapy?
This phrase is the foundation of SPEAK OUT!, reminding people with Parkinson’s that strong, purposeful effort makes speech louder and clearer.
What is speak with intent?
These small, sweet candies are shaped like a cane and are red and white.
what are candy canes?
This term refers to the brain’s ability to change, reorganize, and form new connections throughout life in response to learning or experience.
What is neuroplasticity?
This symptom, meaning slowed movement, is one of the major diagnostic features of Parkinson’s.
What is bradykinesia?
This therapy helps you speak louder, clearer, and with more confidence.
What is speech therapy?
People with Parkinson’s often experience reduced loudness. SPEAK OUT! helps strengthen this system that supports strong, steady voice production.
What is the respiratory-phonatory system?
In this movie, a boy is left home alone while his family goes on vacation.
What is home alone?
Specific and fixed beliefs that are very real and true to the person experiencing them
What are delusions?
People with Parkinson’s often show decreased facial expression, also called this “masked” term.
What is hypomimia?
This high-intensity exercise, named after a household pet, has growing evidence for improving mobility and quality of life in Parkinson’s.
What is boxing?
After completing individual SPEAK OUT! sessions, many people continue practicing in this supportive weekly group that reinforces carryover.
What is the LOUD CROWD?
This 2003 Christmas movie stars Will Ferrell as a man raised by elves at the North Pole.
What is ELF?
This neurotransmitter is associated with pleasure, motivation, and movement, and plays a key role in the brain’s reward system.
What is dopamine?
A key non-motor early symptom involves the loss of this sense, often years before motor symptoms.
What is smell?
This gold-standard medication is converted into dopamine in the brain.
What is Levodopa?
“This evidence-based voice therapy program for people with Parkinson’s trains individuals to ‘speak with intent’ to improve vocal loudness, clarity, and confidence.”
What is Speak out?
This holiday is celebrated on December 25th.
What is Christmas?