How Melodic Intonation Therapy Works
The traditional melodic intonation therapy process is divided into four progressive stages. However, modifications are often made to meet the specific needs of the patient. This is one reason why it is difficult to obtain definitive research results in MIT. In the early stages, MIT was used solely for adult patients, but eventually therapists began to use MIT with children. Therapists found that the traditional procedure did not work well with children, so a new three level structure was developed by Helfrich-Miller (Roper 2003). The following sections will describe both the adult and child models of melodic intonation therapy.
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