The Effect of Singing Instruction on the Speech Production of Neurologically Impaired Persons

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.…”

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.…”