Exploring Speech and Language Therapists' Perspectives of Voice-Assisted Technology as a Tool for Dysarthria: Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People living with Parkinson disease (PD) often experience low speech volume and reduced intelligibility. Research suggests that common voice-assisted technology (VAT) devices, like Amazon Alexa and Google Home, can encourage individuals to modify their speech, speaking more clearly, slowly, and loudly. This highlights the potential of VAT as a therapeutic clinical tool in speech and language therapy (SLT). However, while VAT is emerging as a novel health care technology, gaps exist regarding understanding speech and language therapists' (SaLTs) experiences using these devices in clinical practice for PD-related speech and voice difficulties.

Objective

This research set out to explore various experiences of using VAT to address hypokinetic dysarthria, secondary to

SUBMITTER: Mills J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12441644 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature