The study by Blythe Lagasse in 2012 is titled, “Evaluation of Melodic Intonation Therapy for Developmental Apraxia of Speech”. As the title states, this study researched Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT) for children with apraxia. The purpose of the study was to determine the efficacy of MIT for articulation therapy in this specific population. The study compared speech production following 40 minute MIT sessions to speech productions following 40 minute “traditional” therapy sessions. Lagasse included two male participants, ages 4 and 5, who underwent four, 40 minute MIT sessions. The Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation-2 and the Khan-Lewis Phonological Analysis-2 were used for pre and post testing measures. Research took place at Colorado State University.
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It did show a slight improvement. If I happened to be working with a child who had a musical background, or was someone who enjoyed or appreciated music, I feel that I would be willing to introduce MIT. What works for one person may not work for another, so as a clinician, I shouldn’t assume that every patient I come across is the same. I wouldn’t feel comfortable with this being the primary focus of therapy without more peer reviewed support, but I would be willing to introduce it on a trial basis.
My main critique of this study is that is chose to do pre and post testing. Young patients are unpredictable. One day they may be very cooperative and attentive, but they next they could be goofy and not wanting to participate. I believe that quick and simple progress monitoring assessments could have better tracked the participant’s response to the treatment. Progress monitoring can account for the normal fluctuations that a patient experiences, therefore may be a more rounded representation of their progress throughout
Melodic Intonation Therapy is frequently used with patients with aphasia, but in this case, was used with children …show more content…
It did show a slight improvement. If I happened to be working with a child who had a musical background, or was someone who enjoyed or appreciated music, I feel that I would be willing to introduce MIT. What works for one person may not work for another, so as a clinician, I shouldn’t assume that every patient I come across is the same. I wouldn’t feel comfortable with this being the primary focus of therapy without more peer reviewed support, but I would be willing to introduce it on a trial basis.
My main critique of this study is that is chose to do pre and post testing. Young patients are unpredictable. One day they may be very cooperative and attentive, but they next they could be goofy and not wanting to participate. I believe that quick and simple progress monitoring assessments could have better tracked the participant’s response to the treatment. Progress monitoring can account for the normal fluctuations that a patient experiences, therefore may be a more rounded representation of their progress throughout