Dr. Gottfried Schlaug of Harvard reported to the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that patients with severe stroke on the left side of the brain who can no longer speak can sometimes be taught to communicate with singing. Similar results have been documented in autistic children who have regressed in their language development. Music therapy is a developing science that has great potential for difficult medical problems.
See Associated Press article in The Blade (click here), February 21, 2010, p. 11.
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Thanks for posting about music therapy! This technique is called Melodic Intonation Therapy, which is actually a speech therapy technique that is often used by music therapists.
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