Question

Who are pooor candidates for melodic intonation therapy

Answer 1

Melodic intonation therapy:

Musical elements of speech,this therapy improves expressive language for aphasia patients who retained ability to sing.. recommended with more than 6 months post- stroke..

Poor candidates for the MIT is

- closed head trauma, bilateral strokes/ surgery

- moderately well- articulated speech with phrase length of four or more words.

- poor auditory comprehension, good word repetition,normal articulation for familiar words and phrases.

- emotionally unstable, poorly motivated attention span.