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BRAIN SCIENCES
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12040483
Keywords
music; autobiographical memory; tempo; speech therapy; minimally conscious state
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Speech therapy plays an important role in the recovery of patients with disorders of consciousness. Using relevant materials and a musical context can have beneficial effects on behavior evaluation. Larger studies are needed to confirm these initial observations.
Speech therapy can be part of the care pathway for patients recovering from comas and presenting a disorder of consciousness (DOC). Although there are no official recommendations for speech therapy follow-up, neuroscientific studies suggest that relevant stimuli may have beneficial effects on the behavioral assessment of patients with a DOC. In two case studies, we longitudinally measured (from 4 to 6 weeks) the behavior (observed in a speech therapy session or using items from the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised) of two patients in a minimally conscious state (MCS) when presenting music and/or autobiographical materials. The results highlight the importance of using relevant material during a speech therapy session and suggest that a musical context with a fast tempo could improve behavior evaluation compared to noise. This work supports the importance of adapted speech therapy for MCS patients and encourages larger studies to confirm these initial observations.
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