Effectiviteit van de Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT).

The efficacy of Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT) in aphasia rehabilitation.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON28581

Enrollment

Registered

2009-08-19

Start date

2009-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

aphasia verbal apraxia afasie verbale apraxie

Interventions

Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT): Language production therapy in which the melodic aspects of language (rythm, intonation) are used to train the production of sentences. MIT is given for 6 weeks, 5 h

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aphasia after LH stroke; 2. Time post onset: 2-3 months (post-acute group) or > 1 year (chronic group); 3. Native speaker of Dutch; 4. Candidate for MIT: A. Nonfluent (5 and AAT subtest auditory comprehension > 32). 5. Age: 18-80 years; 6. Right-handed.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Severe hearing deficit; 2. Premorbid dementia; 3. Recent psychiatric history.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
CIU's/minute on the Sabadel: 1. CIU (correct information units): Words in the patients' production that are adequate, comprehensible, relevant, and informative in relation to the target story; 2. In the Sabadel task, the examiner reads a story to the patient. The story is supported by pictures. The patient's task is to retell the story, while looking at the pictures.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Repetition of trained and untrained items; 2. AAT (interview, repetition, picture description); 3. ANELT.	—

Contacts

Public ContactA.C. Meulen, van der

Rijndam Rehabilitation Centre Afasieteam Westersingel 300

ivandermeulen@rijndam.nl+31 (0)10-2412412, toestel 276

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)