Primary Recipient

PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$225,405.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

The goal of this project is to assess the efficacy of a new treatment for hypophonia (decreased vocal loudness) associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). Current speech therapy strategies for hypophonia focus on increasing sound pressure level. It is clea