The Application of Singing and Rhythmic Instruction as a Therapeutic Intervention for Persons with Neurogenic Communication Disorders

Neuroplasticity and Functional Recovery: Training Models and Compensatory Strategies in Music Therapy

“…Music therapy programs that have targeted either increased vocal range, vocal intensity and breath control, and rate of speech (Cohen & Masse, 1993;Cohen, 1992;Livingston, 1996;Cohen, 1988;Lucia, 1987) also directly focus on promoting the reparation of the deficit, supporting the potential for cortical reorganisation to occur. Mateer and Kerns (1999) recommended that treatment should be varied in order to encourage interconnections, which lead on to further recovery.…”

Effects of Number of Sessions and Group or Individual Music Therapy on the Mood and Behavior of People Who Have Had Strokes or Traumatic Brain Injuries

“…Among the areas for which such evidence exists are cognitive and speech functioning (Alpert, Sparks, & Helm, 1973;Baker, 2001;Cohen, 1988Cohen, , 1992Cohen & Masse, 1993;Gervin, 1991;Sparks, Helm, & Albert, 1974) and movement and motor skills (Cofrancesco, 1985;Hurt, Rice, Mclntosh, & Thaut, 1998;Prassas, Thaut, Mclntosh, & Rice, 1997;Shi-Jing, Hui-Ju, Guo, & Maranto, 1991;Staum, 1983;Thaut, Mclntosh, Prassas, & Rice, 1993; BARBARA L. WHEELER PhD, MT-BC, is Professor and Director of Music Therapy at the University of Louisville, KY, and Professor Emerita from Montclair State University, NJ. She is an active researcher, author, presenter, and clinician, and a Fellow of the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy.…”

The influence of music therapy on quality of life after a stroke

“…The concept of neurological MT includes using MT in sensorimotor rehabilitation and cognitive function therapy, including language functions. The subject literature throughout the world since the 1980s has been describing positive results achieved with MT methods (such as singing popular songs, or group improvisation) in paediatric rehabilitation (Kennelly & Brien-Elliot, 2001), adults in comas or with post-injury amnesia (Aldridge, Gustorff, & Hannich, 1990;Gilbertson, 2005;Tamplin, 2000) as well as speech rate, articulation and intonation problems for persons with neurogenic communication disorders (Cohen & Masse, 1993;Tamplin, 2005). Additionally, rhythmic auditory stimulation effects in physiotherapy and gait training were analysed (Thaut, 1999;Paul & Ramsey, 2000;Hurt & Thaut, 2009;Bukowska, 2012).…”