Online Speech / Voice Classes and Groups

Online SPEAK OUT! Home Practice

By Parkinson Voice Project (Richardson, TX)

Cost: Free

Classes:  speech therapy exercise warm ups led by a speech language pathologist (SLP), who may answer listener questions, followed by reading in sync with the SLP for enunciation, volume, and inflection projection practice

Class times (PT): 

• Monday-Friday: 8am
   

Duration: 30 minutes

Recordings of prior classes are below the live stream window. People who have completed SPEAK OUT! speech therapy for PD will benefit most from these practices.

PFNCA Online Wellness Speech and Voice Practice

By Parkinson's Foundation of the National Capital Area (Silver Spring, MD)

Cost: $50/year (unlimited classes)

Classes: Communication Club, social hour 

Class Time (PT):

• Monday: noon (Communication Club)
• Tuesday: 11am (Communication Club)
• Wednesday: noon (Communication Club), 1pm (social hour)
• Thursday: 11:30am (Communication Club)
• Friday: 11:15am (Communication Club)
   

Watch sample classes here.

Voice Therapy for Parkinson's and Tremble Clefs

By JCC on the Cohn Campus (Tampa, FL)

Cost: JCC Membership $39/month (special rates and promotions may apply)

Class addresses voice projection, breathing and posture.

Class Times (PT):

• Monday: 12pm
• Wednesday: 12pm

Duration: 60 minutes

Must be a member of JCC on the Cohn Campus to participate.

Your Morning Wake Up Call

By Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation

Mondays at 9am PT join a communication and cognition exercise class that helps you start the day with a strong voice and a clear mind. Each session is led by a speech-language pathologist and includes breath, voice, and speech exercises in conjunction with vocal + cognitive and conversational exercise challenges that change every week.

Get LOUD! Stay LOUD!

By Get LOUD! Stay LOUD!

Cost: $34.99/month or $349.99/year, first month free

Created by speech pathologist Sarah Awde, this post-speech-therapy maintenance program is designed to work with a speech language pathologist (SLP) trained in either LSVT LOUD or Speak OUT! It includes 15+ voice practice sessions per week as well as facial exercises, articulation practice, and more.

LOUD Crowd

By Talach Speech Therapy

Cost: Free

Class: LOUD Crowd

Class times (PT):

• Tuesday: 1pm
   

Participants must have undergone therapy for the SPEAK OUT! program and already have a workbook for home practice. 

Contact Sarah Talach or 925-232-1868 to sign up.

Parkinson's Sing-Along

By Parkinson Voice Project (Richardson, TX)

Cost: Free

Classes:  weekly live interactive sing-along with a two-piece band, lead by a speech language pathologist. Words are provided on the screen for every song. In addition to singing, participants are given opportunities to unmute and practice speaking with trivia questions, etc.

Class times (PT): 

• Thursdays: 7:30am
   

Duration: 30 minutes

A recording of the most recent sing-along is available to practice with between sing-alongs. People who have completed SPEAK OUT! speech therapy for PD will benefit most from these practices.

Sing for PD

By Dance for PD (New York, NY)

Cost: Free

Class focuses on breathing and vocal technique, rhythm, melody, song interpretation, and creativity.

Class Times (PT):

• Friday: 10am

Duration: 60 minutes

Note: Sing for PD has a hiatus between class sessions.

Tremolos

An enthusiastic 60 minutes of vocal exercises and songs that are guaranteed to put a smile on your face and have your toes tapping. 

• 1st Three Tuesdays, 11am PT

Tremolos

A choral group of people with PD, their caregivers and loved ones. Rehearsals have body movement connected to sustained sound-making, choral rhythmic chanting, community singing, rhythmic songs, choralography (moving to music) using call and echo, call and response, lip and tongue trills, staccato voiced consonants, big voice projection, and “bouncing” the diaphragm to coordinate the mind and body together and ameliorate PD symptoms. Donation-based class.  

• Thursdays, 1-2:30pm PT