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Tanuki

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3. I'm not sure if you looked at the article but Melodic Intonation Therapy

Reply to TheDebbieDee (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 19, 2017, 04:10 PM

Nov 2017

has been around as an organized treatment program since 1973. It is only useful for a defined subset of aphasic patients and is therefore not appropriate for "most" individuals with aphasia. There is an extensive body of research on Melodic Intonation Therapy which you can investigate by googling.

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