Speech and Song: Implications for Therapy

Effect of Speech Task on Intelligibility in Dysarthria: A Case Study of Parkinson's Disease

“…The first three task conditions were selected to explore speaking tasks. The second two were based on clinical observations, and previous proposals that singing be used as a therapeutic technique (Cohen, 1992(Cohen, , 1994Pacchetti et al, 2000). Repeated singing enabled us to make a direct comparison between singing with the other speech tasks containing the same linguistic material, while spontaneous singing allowed us to determine whether singing differed enough to be useful as a method of communication.…”

Models of response to client anger in music therapy

“…Some have mentioned anger in describing the use of specific music therapy methods, mostly notably including song writing (Bailey, 1984;Cohen, 1994;Freed, 1987;Lindberg, 1995;Robb, 1996) and improvisational drumming (Slotoroff, 1994). Again, these articles and chapters focus on other aspects of music therapy treatment, such as specific methods or the overall process of therapy.…”

Service Evaluation: Music Therapy and Medicine for the Elderly

“…A holistic view of brain function in relation to music suggests that musical response involves the whole brain, which in turn suggests that it could be a powerful clinical tool for use in neurodisability (Durham 2002, Pribham 1993. There is also evidence for fine and gross motor skills recovery benefiting from music therapy (Swallow 2002;Harrer & Harrer 1997;Standley 1995), improved speech including intelligibility (Clair 2001;Cohen 1994;Cohen & Masse 1993), improved short-term memory (Erdonmez 1991), and improvements in self-esteem (Erdonmez 1991;Purdie & Baldwin 1994).…”