It has been reported for more than 100 years that patients with severe nonfluent aphasia are
better at singing lyrics than they are at speaking the same words. This observation led to the …

For more than 100 years, clinicians have noted that patients with nonfluent aphasia are
capable of singing words that they cannot speak. Thus, the use of melody and rhythm has …

IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT PATIENTS WITH SEVERELY nonfluent aphasia are better
at singing lyrics than speaking the same words. This observation inspired the development …

Objective Positive results have been reported with melodic intonation therapy (MIT) in
nonfluent aphasia patients with damage to their left-brain speech processes, using the …

Abstract Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT) is a language production therapy for severely non-
fluent aphasic patients using melodic intoning and rhythm to restore language. Although …

We present a critical review of the literature on melodic intonation therapy (MIT), one of the
most formalized treatments used by speech-language therapist in Broca's aphasia. We …

Background: Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT) is a therapeutic approach used to increase
verbal output in adults with aphasia through combination of melodic intoning and rhythmic …

Introduction: Melodic intonation therapy (MIT) is one of the most studied speech and
language therapy (SLT) approaches for patients with non-fluent aphasia, although the …

Objective: To collect data to estimate the sample size of a definitive randomized controlled
trial to evaluate the effects of Melodic Intonation Therapy in post-stroke nonfluent aphasia …

Melodic intonation therapy (MIT) positively impacts the speech function of patients suffering
from aphasia and strokes. Fixed-pitch melodies and phrases formulated in MIT provide the …