Was speech therapy effective to improve your slurred speech (dysarthria)? Was therapy satisfactory? Would you trial new treatments?

Dear stroke survivors,

Are you living with slurred speech (dysarthria) and have attended speech-language therapy for treating the condition? We would love to hear your opinion about whether speech therapy was effective to improve your slurred speech (dysarthria) and whether you would be interested to trial new treatments.

To participate in this study, participants need to:

1. be at least 18 years of age;
2. have dysarthria (slurring of speech) due to a stroke,
3. have attended or are currently attending speech-language therapy to treat your slurring of speech;
4. have functional English language abilities.

Participants who meet the recruitment criteria can participate in the study, by completing a short 10-15 minutes online questionnaire by accessing the following link:

 https://scharr.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d0hx8FAwDYs1ljf

Caregivers can assist participants complete the survey. 

More details are available on:

https://enableme.org.au/Community/What-Helps/v/View-of-individuals-with-slurring-of-speech-dysarthria-on-speech-language-therapy-and-future-treatment-directions-research

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact me on pbalzan1@sheffield.ac.uk

Thanks you for your time.

Pasquale Balzan (PhD student, University of Sheffield)