Re: Musical abilities are among the last to be lost in cases of (Thomas G Brennan )

Subject: Re: Musical abilities are among the last to be lost in cases of
From:    Thomas G Brennan  <g_brennantg(at)TITAN.SFASU.EDU>
Date:    Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:38:43 -0600

I have found this to be true in clinical work.  When there is aphasia or related
disorders musical abilities are often still there.  In fact, melodic therapy has
been used with severely brain damaged populations for years.  A search under
melodic therapy should bring you a wealth of references.

Tom


Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html