Critical Review: Melodic Intonation Therapy: The Influence of Pitch and Rhythm on Therapy Outcomes
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Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT) involves involves patients with nonfluent aphasia intoning (singing) melodic phrases while tapping syllables. Thus, MIT incorporates the musical components of both pitch and rhythm. This critical review explores the relative contribution of the rhythmic and pitch components of MIT to determine if both components are required for success. To explore this question, articles were found that compare therapy involving (1) pitch and rhythm components, (2) just rhythmic components, and (3) neither of these musical components. Results suggest that there is no benefit of pitch (singing) when training a set of phrases. However, pitch may be important for long-term retention of those phrases as well as generalization to non-trained phrases and connected speech.
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