Headquarters: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Founded: 1995
Status: Private company
Website: lsvtglobal.com
LSVT Global (formerly LSVT Loud) is a leading organization specializing in speech, voice, and movement therapy for individuals with Parkinson's disease and other neurological conditions. Founded in 1995, the company developed the LSVT LOUD therapy program, which is now the gold standard for treating speech and voice disorders in people with Parkinson's disease[1].
The Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) was developed by Dr. Lorraine Ramig and her team at the University of Colorado Boulder. LSVT Global now trains clinicians worldwide and provides certification programs for speech-language pathologists. The therapy has been extensively researched with over 100 peer-reviewed publications demonstrating its efficacy[2].
LSVT LOUD is the gold-standard speech therapy program for Parkinson's disease:
LSVT BIG is a movement therapy program adapted from LSVT LOUD principles:
LSVT Global provides certification for clinicians:
LSVT therapy has demonstrated significant improvements in:
Voice and speech disorders affect approximately 90% of people with Parkinson's disease, collectively termed hypokinetic dysarthria. LSVT LOUD specifically addresses: