Stroke patients who struggle to communicate may regain their abilities by singing in a choir, a new study suggests. Music therapy is not a new concept, but the use of singing – particularly choral ...

Emily Bachert plays guitar during a music therapy session with Bob Lominska. Lominska's wife, Joy Lominska, is at left. Soft southern light pours through the window as Bob Lominska sits at one end of ...

Stroke victims who can no longer speak may now be able to regain their ability to communicate through singing, according to a recent Harvard Medical School study. HMS professor Gottfried Schlaug and ...

Scientists have taught stroke patients to talk again by getting them to sing words instead of speaking them. The technique, known as "melodic intonation therapy", led to patients recovering their ...

Comfortable retirement living in sunny California abruptly came to an end for Lynn Huntington in December 2005 when her retired civil- engineer husband, Don, now 72, had a massive stroke. Like 20 ...

Language function and the psychosocial wellbeing of patients and their families can be promoted with singing-based rehabilitation. Group intervention provides opportunities for peer support while ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Particularly promising, is a type of treatment called melodic intonation therapy, ...

This article was written by Discover'sSmriti Rao. If you can't say it, then sing it! Experts researching patients who have lost their ability to speak after a stroke are now suggesting that they could ...