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Parkinson’s Disease and Movement

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Parkinson’s disease can affect life in so many ways. This handout focuses on the effect of Parkinson’s disease has on movement.
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Speech Therapy and the Basal Ganglia

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides written education on the basal ganglia including signs of dysfunction, diseases of the basal ganglia, and why a person may benefit from speech therapy with a lesion in this area of the brain.
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Rhythm, Music, Language, and the Brain

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Based on the course Beat the Beat: Rhythm-Based Intervention for Communication Disorders by Dr. Yune S. Lee, this handout provides an overview of the dopaminergic system and its effect on temporal processing as related to speech and language. The handout describes the effect of DRD2 polymorphism (TaqIA).
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