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Brotons, M., Koger, S. The Impact of Music Therapy on Language Functioning in Dementia, Journal of Music Therapy, Volume 37, Issue 3, Fall 2000, Pages 183–195, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/37.3.183

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Fujii S, Wan CY. The Role of Rhythm in Speech and Language Rehabilitation: The SEP Hypothesis. Front Hum Neurosci. 2014 Oct 13;8:777. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00777. PMID: 25352796; PMCID: PMC4195275.

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Koshimori, Y., Akkunje, P. S., Tjiandri, E., Kowaleski, J. B., & Thaut, M. H. (2025). Music-based interventions for nonfluent aphasia: A systematic review of randomized control trials. Ann NY Acad Sci., 1549, 92–111. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15387

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Machado Sotomayor MJ, Arufe-Giráldez V, Ruíz-Rico G, Navarro-Patón R. Music Therapy and Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review from 2015-2020. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Nov 4;18(21):11618. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111618. PMID: 34770129; PMCID: PMC8582661.

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Mayer-Benarous H, Benarous X, Vonthron F, and Cohen D. Music Therapy for Children With Autistic Spectrum Disorder and/or Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Systematic Review. Front. Psychiatry, 2021 Apr 9(12). doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.643234

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Norton, A., Zipse, L., Marchina, S., & Schlaug, G. (2009). Melodic intonation therapy: Shared insights on how it is done and why it might help. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1169, 431–436.

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Patel AD. Language, music, syntax and the brain. Nat Neurosci. 2003 Jul;6(7):674-81. doi: 10.1038/nn1082. PMID: 12830158. 

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Schlaug, G., Marchina, S., & Norton, A. (2008). From Singing to Speaking: Why Singing May Lead to Recovery of Expressive Language Function in Patients with Broca’s Aphasia. Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 25(4), 315–323.

Siponkoski, S., Pitkäniemi, A., Laitinen, S., Särkämö, E., Pentikäinen, E., Eloranta, H., Tuomiranta, Melkas,S., Schlaug, G., Sihvonen, A., Särkämö, T. Efficacy of a multicomponent singing intervention on communication and psychosocial functioning in chronic aphasia: a randomized controlled crossover trial, Brain Communications, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2023, fcac337, https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcac337

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Sparks, R. W. “Melodic Intonation Therapy.” Language Intervention Strategies in Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Communication Disorders, edited by Roberta Chapey, 5th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008, pp. 837–851.

Sparks, R. W., & Holland, A. L. (1976). Method: Melodic intonation therapy for aphasia. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 41(3), 287–297.

Thaut, M. H., & Hoemberg, V. (Eds.). (2014). Handbook of neurologic music therapy. Oxford University Press. 

Wan CY, Rüber T, Hohmann A, Schlaug G. The Therapeutic Effects of Singing in Neurological Disorders. Music Percept. 2010 Apr 1;27(4):287-295. doi: 10.1525/mp.2010.27.4.287. PMID: 21152359; PMCID: PMC2996848.

Zhang X, Li J, Du Y. Melodic Intonation Therapy on Non-fluent Aphasia After Stroke: A Systematic Review and Analysis on Clinical Trials. Front Neurosci. 2022 Jan 27;15:753356. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.753356. PMID: 35153655; PMCID: PMC8829877.

Zumbansen, Anna & Tremblay, Pascale. (2018). Music-based interventions for aphasia could act through a motor-speech mechanism: a systematic review and case–control analysis of published individual participant data. Aphasiology. 33. 1-32. 10.1080/02687038.2018.1506089.

Zumbansen, A., Peretz, I., & Hébert, S. (2014). Melodic Intonation Therapy: Back to Basics for Future Research. Frontiers in Neurology, 5.