Expressive aphasia: Difference between revisions

The efficacy of singing has been proven in one patient with aphasia who was a trained musician; in this patient, singing had an advantage over rhythmic speech.<ref name='Wilson' /> However, the advantage of singing over rhythmic speech was not observed in 10 patients without any musical background.<ref name="Stahl b"/> [[FMRI]] studies have shown that melodic intonation therapy uses both sides of the brain to recover lost function, as opposed to traditional therapies that utilize only the left hemisphere. Furthermore, it has been seen that, in MIT, individuals with small lesions in the left hemisphere seem to recover by activation of the left hemisphere perilesional cortex, while, in individuals with larger left-hemisphere lesions, there is a recruitment of the use of language-capable regions in the right hemisphere.<ref name="Schlaug"/> The interpretation of these results is still a matter of debate. For example, it remains unclear whether changes in activity in the right hemisphere result from singing or from the intensive use of common phrases, such as “how are you” or “I love you.” The phrases fall into the category of formulaic language that is also supported by networks of the right hemisphere.<ref name='Stahl c'>{{cite journal|last1=Stahl|first1=Benjamin|last2=Kotz|first2=Sonja A.|title=Facing the music: Three issues in current research on singing and aphasia|journal=Frontiers in Psychology |volume=5 |issue=1033 |year=2013 |pages=1–4 |issn=1664-1078 |doi= 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01033}}</ref>

 

 

===Constraint-induced therapy===