Biofeedback rehabilitation of speech breathing for an individual with dysarthria

This study was designed to examine the use of respiratory kinematic instrumentation as a biofeedback tool to effect change in the disordered speech breathing of a subject with dysarthria. Two types of biofeedback therapy were used for chest wall excursions and breath control, respectively. The improvements observed in the target behaviors during both therapy phases are discussed with respect to the value of these biofeedback techniques as therapy tools for disorders of speech breathing and the clinical application of the respiratory kinematic technique as a biofeedback tool