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...patients with damage in the brain’s language center in the left hemisphere, the treatment activates a mirror image of the language center in the singing center of the brain located in the right hemisphere, Norton said...
...Norton said that the study’s most promising results lie in the therapy’s accessibility. Any caretaker, regardless of their musical background or level of expertise, can be trained to administer melodic intonation therapy, she said...
...ongoing study is the first to closely examine the effectiveness of this form of therapy, according to Norton...
...treatment itself was based on nearly a century of clinical observation that many stroke survivors are able to sing words they are unable to speak,” said Norton, who noted that melodic intonation therapy was first developed in Boston in the 1970s...
...Therapists are often reluctant to sing, but the truth is neither therapists nor patients need to be a musician or singer to benefit from this therapy,” Norton said. “Improvement is possible even when those involved have difficulty carrying a tune...