Ischemic stroke and melodic intonation therapy: a case report
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https://doi.org/10.18041/2665-427X/ijeph.2.9280Keywords:
Broca´s Aphasia, agrammatism, rehabilitation, melodic intonation therapyAbstract
Introduction: Brain alterations in adults bring with them clinical manifestations that compromise the functionality of human beings in different spheres, one of them is language, which can affect understanding and / or expression; this pathology is known as aphasia.
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of TEM in the symptom of agrammatism
Clinical case: A 55-year-old male, with right-handed laterality, with a history of brain damage and presented aphasic symptoms, without prior treatment for their symptoms. oral language difficulties, who undergoes 12 intervention sessions with a frequency of three times a week.
Conclusion: The results reveal an increase in oral production in conversational and descriptive speech in information content, fluency, and sentence length.
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