People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) may notice changes in or difficulty chewing, eating, speaking, swallowing, or managing saliva (drooling). These changes are more likely to occur and tend to worsen as PD progresses and the muscles in the face, mouth, and throat are affected.
Here are some resources to understand speech, swallowing, and drooling issues in PD, how speech-language pathologists determine the extent of the changes, and what can be done to compensate or make swallowing safer to prevent aspiration.
