Stroke patients’ language abilities improve through singing
Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, February 25, 2010
Doctors at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston are using singing therapy to treat stroke patients who struggle with spontaneous speech. According to scientists at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, evidence suggests that relating words with certain melodies helps restore the verbal communication skills of individuals who suffer from severe brain impairment, reports CNN.com.
Of the roughly 800,000 strokes per year in the United States, approximately 200,000 result in aphasia, which is a type of language disorder. Some patients suffer from aphasia so severely that they become non-fluent. Scientists believe that with further research, singing therapy – or music therapy as it is often referred – could greatly benefit those patients.
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