A number of patients who have lost the
power of speech after a stroke have been
helped to regain it by singing. Neurologists
encourage stroke patients to sing what they
want to say, putting their thoughts to rhythms
and melodies. The treatment, called melodic
intonation therapy, has produced dramatic
results. After 15 weeks of therapy,
“patients gradually learn to turn the sung
words into speech,” explains The Wall Street
Journal.
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