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Melodic-Intonation-Therapy and Speech-Repetition-Therapy for Patients With Non-fluent Aphasia

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00903266

Recruitment Status : Recruiting

First Posted : May 18, 2009

Last Update Posted : January 9, 2018

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Sponsor:

Collaborator:

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Gottfried Schlaug, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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Recruitment Status :	Recruiting
Estimated Primary Completion Date :	December 2018
Estimated Study Completion Date :	December 2018

Publications of Results:

Schlaug G, Marchina S, Norton A. From Singing to Speaking: Why Singing May Lead to Recovery of Expressive Language Function in Patients with Broca's Aphasia. Music Percept. 2008 Apr 1;25(4):315-323.

Schlaug G, Marchina S, Norton A. Evidence for plasticity in white-matter tracts of patients with chronic Broca's aphasia undergoing intense intonation-based speech therapy. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Jul;1169:385-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04587.x.

Other Publications:

Ozdemir E, Norton A, Schlaug G. Shared and distinct neural correlates of singing and speaking. Neuroimage. 2006 Nov 1;33(2):628-35. Epub 2006 Sep 7.

Norton A, Zipse L, Marchina S, Schlaug G. Melodic intonation therapy: shared insights on how it is done and why it might help. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Jul;1169:431-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04859.x. Review.