hypophonia

{{Short description|Very soft speech}}

Hypophonia is soft speech, especially resulting from a lack of coordination in the vocal musculature.{{cite web| title=Hypophonia| publisher=Online Medical Dictionary| accessdate=2012-06-05| url=http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/hypophonia}} This condition is a common presentation in Parkinson's disease.{{cite journal |author=Ho, Aileen K. |author2=Iansek, Robert |author3=Bradshaw, John L. |title=Motor Instability in Parkinsonian Speech Intensity |journal=Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology & Behavioral Neurology |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=109–116 |year=2001}} This condition is generally treated with voice training programs, use of shorter sentences, breathing exercises, and muscle training exercises for vocal cords.{{cite web|publisher=We Move |title=Parkinson's Disease = Nonpharmacologic Treatments |accessdate=2012-06-05 |url=http://www.wemove.org/par/par_nphm.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406091018/http://www.wemove.org/par/par_nphm.html |archivedate=2012-04-06 }}{{Cite journal |last=Liotti |first=M. |last2=Ramig |first2=L.O. |last3=Vogel |first3=D. |last4=New |first4=P. |last5=Cook |first5=C.I. |last6=Ingham |first6=R.J. |last7=Ingham |first7=J.C. |last8=Fox |first8=P.T. |date=2003-02-11 |title=Hypophonia in Parkinson’s disease: Neural correlates of voice treatment revealed by PET |url=https://www.neurology.org/lookup/doi/10.1212/WNL.60.3.432 |journal=Neurology |language=en |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=432–440 |doi=10.1212/WNL.60.3.432 |issn=0028-3878|url-access=subscription }}