What is melodic intonation therapy?
melodic intonation therapy, or MIT, is a type of logo therapy of communication disorders, such as aphasia, using a kind of singing that helps with verbal expression of normal speech. This therapeutic activity promotes the right hemisphere of the brain to compensate for disturbed speech skills normally based on the left hemisphere. As a therapy, this practice was developed in 1973 by researchers of neurology at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Boston based on clinical insight that some patients with aphasia who could not communicate with speech were able to sing phrases. The melodic intonation therapy is facilitated by a specially trained physician such as a pathologist of speech. It is believed to be effective with certain, but not all types of aphasia.
The use of melodic intonation therapy with adults is based on a specific protocol, although there are differences depending on training and preferences facilitating pathologist speech. Generally this process begins as a facilitator chooses a short conversational phrase thatThe patient is likely to have to communicate, for example "Thank you". The facilitator sings this phrase using only two playgrounds using a musical interval. The speech pathologist encourages the patient to use the internal test, or mentally imagined that he sings the music phrase that is provided. Facilitators can also use rhythmic tapping on the patient's hand to support the internal test experience.
When using melodic intonation therapy with children, a pathologist uses a modified approach to a standard process. The facilitator will teach the child to initially repeat the music phrase in signed English, the type of sign language. Gradually, the facilitator leads the child to sign and sing the phrase and eventually speaks normally the phrase.
In the process of melodic intonation therapy, Patients learns to meet their level of success in reproducing the sounds of speech pathologists. Singing words slows down the process of making phoneme or IndiVidual speech sounds, allowing the patient to hear differences more clearly. The transition of the patient from melodic intonation to normal immense speech is called sprechgesang. This term is taken from the field of music, which refers to a recitation method of singing similar speech.
Afase is a disorder in which the individual has difficulty understanding or producing language for communication. Melodic intonation therapy is not suitable for certain types of patients with aphasia, such as patients with damage to both mozer hemispheres. Since 2011, melodic intonation therapy has not been considered to be a practice based on evidence, as few extensive studies have been conducted to scientific assessment of its effectiveness.