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On August 16th, Ann Petty wrote:
<< I am working with a client who has both expressive and receptive 
aphasia.  Right now we're in the maintenance phase of his treatment 
(he is post-rehab).  I would like to continue MIT with him.  He was exposed 
to it  during inpatient treatment with a music therapist.  Any suggestions ?.  
Singing is a successful intervention.
  >>
 
In my experience with aphasic patients (post CVA), 'singing' assessments
may include pitch-matching and singing of familiar popular songs, lyrics
and melody, which is usually evaluative at a high level. In addition, I have 
found that, in non-musicians who are right handed, right-hemisphere damage 
to 
verbal areas (aphasia secondary to CVA,eg.) shows a marked decrease in 
functional rhythmic responses where the vocal element remains intact. The 
reverse is true for left-hemisphere damaged individuals.
 
My original unpublished pilot study, 'A Comparison of Two Functional Music 
Responses in Left- and Right-Hemiplegic Individuals (Post-CVA)' (1981), 
completed during internship may be available from Immaculata College.
 
The principles and techniques of Melodic Intonation Tx (MIT), not addressed 
in this study, are specific and any carry-over should be discussed, via team 
seminar, for instance, with the facilitator of the technique.
 
Mary Eileen Johnston, MT-BC
-- MT-PRO Music Therapy List, mtpro@multipro.com on 08/16/1999 at 9:13:16 PM


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