Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Schlaug, Gottfried RESEARCH &RELATED Other Project Information 1. * Are Human Subjects Involved? l Yes m No 1.a. If YES to Human Subjects Is the IRB review Pending? m Yes l No IRB Approval Date: 07-17-2006 Exemption Number: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Human Subject Assurance Number 00003245 2. * Are Vertebrate Animals Used? m Yes l No 2.a. If YES to Vertebrate Animals Is the IACUC review Pending? m Yes m No IACUC Approval Date: Animal Welfare Assurance Number 3. * Is proprietary/privileged information m Yes l No included in the application? 4.a.* Does this project have an actual or potential impact on m Yes l No the environment? 4.b. If yes, please explain: 4.c. If this project has an actual or potential impact on the environment, has an exemption been authorized or an environmental assessment (EA) or environmental impact statement (EIS) been performed? m Yes m No 4.d. If yes, please explain: 5.a.* Does this project involve activities outside the U.S. or m Yes l No partnership with International Collaborators? 5.b. If yes, identify countries: 5.c. Optional Explanation: 6. * Project Summary/Abstract 4313-Schlaug_RO1rev_MITvsSRT_SumMmiamryeHTLy.ped:f application/pdf 7. * Project Narrative 5952-Schlaug_RO1rev_MITvsSRT_NarraMtivme.pTdyfpe: application/pdf 8. Bibliography &References Cited 3265-Schlaug_RO1rev_MITvsSRT_BiblioM.pimdfe Type: application/pdf 9. Facilities &Other Resources 7282-Schlaug_RO1rev_MITvsSRT_Fac_MRiemse.pTdyf pe: application/pdf 10. Equipment 3538-Schlaug_RO1rev_MITvsSRT_EquiMp.ipmdef Type: application/pdf Tracking Number: Other Information Page 5 OMB Number: 4040-0001 Expiration Date: 04/30/2008 Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Schlaug, Gottfried Project Summary/Abstract One of the few accepted treatments for severe non-fluent aphasia is Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT). Inspired by the common clinical observation that patients can actually sing the lyrics of a song better than they can speak the same words, MIT emphasizes the prosody of speech through the use of slow, pitched vocalization (singing), and has been shown to lead to significant improvements in propositional speech beyond the actual treatment period. It has been hypothesized that this effect is due to the gradual recruitment of right- hemispheric language regions for normal speech production, and this is further supported by our own functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) pilot data. Although the MIT-induced treatment effect has been shown in several small case series, it is not clear whether the effect is due to the intensity of the treatment or to the unique, components of MIT that are not found in other, non-intonation-based interventions. Thus, our overall aim is to test our hypothesis that MIT's rehabilitative effect is achieved by using its melodic and rhythmic elements to engage and/or unmask the predominantly right-hemipsheric brain regions capable of supporting expressive language function. In order to test this hypothesis, we have developed an experimental design that includes the randomization of chronic stroke patients with persistent, moderate to severe non-fluent aphasia into three parallel groups receiving 1) 75 sessions of Melodic Intonation Therapy (approximately 8 weeks), 2) 75 sessions of an equally intensive, alternative verbal treatment method developed for this study (Speech Repetition Therapy), or 3) an equal period of No Therapy. All patients will undergo two pre-therapy and two post-therapy behavioral assessments in addition to the pre- and post-therapy fMRI studies examining the neural correlates of overtly spoken and sung words and phrases.This design allows us to 1) examine the efficacy of MIT over No Therapy, 2) examine the effects of elements specific to MIT (e.g., melodic intonation and rhythmic tapping) by comparing it to a control intervention (SRT) that is similar in structure and intensity of treatment, 3) compare post-therapy effects with pre-therapy baseline variations, and 4) examine post-treatment maintenance effects. Our primary speech outcome measure will be the number of Correct Information Units (CIU)/min produced during spontaneous speech. Secondary outcome measures include correctly named items on standard picture naming tests, timed automatic speech, and linguistically-based measures of phrase and sentence analysis. Project Description Page 6

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
3R01DC008796-02S1
Application #
7859440
Study Section
Language and Communication Study Section (LCOM)
Program Officer
Cooper, Judith
Project Start
2009-07-17
Project End
2010-12-31
Budget Start
2009-07-17
Budget End
2010-12-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$180,175
Indirect Cost
Name
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Department
Type
DUNS #
071723621
City
Boston
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02215
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Chenausky, Karen; Norton, Andrea; Tager-Flusberg, Helen et al. (2018) Behavioral predictors of improved speech output in minimally verbal children with autism. Autism Res 11:1356-1365
Schlaug, Gottfried (2018) Even when right is all that's left: There are still more options for recovery from aphasia. Ann Neurol 83:661-663
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Pani, Ethan; Zheng, Xin; Wang, Jasmine et al. (2016) Right hemisphere structures predict poststroke speech fluency. Neurology 86:1574-81
Chen, Joyce L; Schlaug, Gottfried (2016) Increased resting state connectivity between ipsilesional motor cortex and contralesional premotor cortex after transcranial direct current stimulation with physical therapy. Sci Rep 6:23271
Chen, Joyce L; Fujii, Shinya; Schlaug, Gottfried (2016) The use of augmented auditory feedback to improve arm reaching in stroke: a case series. Disabil Rehabil 38:1115-1124
Altenmüller, Eckart; Schlaug, Gottfried (2015) Apollo's gift: new aspects of neurologic music therapy. Prog Brain Res 217:237-52
Rüber, Theodor; Lindenberg, Robert; Schlaug, Gottfried (2015) Differential adaptation of descending motor tracts in musicians. Cereb Cortex 25:1490-8

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