Posts Tagged Deep Brain Stimulation

Empowered Choices in Deep Brain Stimulation: What Patients and Families Need to Know

Click HERE to access the handout If you are a speech-language pathologist, physical therapist, or occupational therapist or assistant and would like a certificate for viewing a public on demand webinar, please follow the below steps: View the webinar in its entirety. Click HERE to complete a survey. LSVT Global will verify your viewing of the webinar and email you a certificate. NOTE: LSVT Global webinars are not state or ASHA-registered for CEUs so you will need to retain your certificate if you would like to self-report your activity. Explore the critical decisions surrounding Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease and related conditions with neurologist Dr. Todd Herrington, Director of the DBS program at Massachusetts General Hospital. This session will answer the biggest questions patients and families have about DBS candidacy, symptom improvement, risks, recovery, the device, and long-term care. Special focus will be given to the essential role of physical, occupational, and speech therapy, offering guidance on how targeted rehabilitation helps patients prepare for the DBS journey, maximizes outcomes, and supports recovery. Leave with practical strategies and an understanding of how collaborative care empowers individuals and families at every stage of the DBS process.   Intended Audience: People living with Parkinson’sContinue Reading

Deep Brain Stimulation and Parkinson’s: Functional Impact and Collaborative Care Strategies 

Click HERE to access the handout Information for Speech-Language Pathology participants: This webinar is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs. To receive a certificate and/or earn ASHA CEUs after viewing this On-Demand webinar, complete the following steps: 1. View the webinar in its entirety. 2. Complete the LSVT LOUD On Demand Webinar Survey 2025. 3. If you request a certificate, LSVT Global will verify your viewing of the webinar and email you a certificate within two weeks. 4. If you would like LSVT Global to report your course completion to the ASHA CE Registry, we will submit a report after December 31, 2025. See note below for more information. NOTE: Any LSVT Global On Demand webinars that are eligible for ASHA CEUs are registered as one course through the end of 2025. The last day for viewing the webinars and completing the surveys is December 31, 2025. The report will be submitted after December 31, 2025 and it can take several weeks to appear on your ASHA Registry. We are not allowed to submit your CEUs for this course prior to December 31, 2025. The report will indicate the year viewed as 2025, even though it will be posted to yourContinue Reading

Deep Brain Stimulation and LSVT BIG: Mobility Challenges and Treatment Solutions

Our November 2019 Public Webinar will discuss unique mobility challenges faced by individuals post-Deep Brain Stimulation. Read on to find out more information!

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Deep Brain Stimulation and LSVT LOUD: Communication Challenges and Treatment Solutions

Our October 2019 Public Webinar will discuss unique communication challenges faced by individuals post-Deep Brain Stimulation. Read on to find out more information!

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“I have grown in confidence”

My name is Kevin, and I have been the headmaster of a large co-ed primary school in Zimbabwe for the past thirty years, ten of which I have had Parkinson’s. In February of 2017, I had Deep Brain Stimulation, and one of the side effects of this was that my speech became slurred and soft. My daughter, who is a speech and language pathologist, recommended that I have LSVT LOUD.

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