… “I found it really inspiring and it looked like something I would love to do for families who have kids like mine.” Ochura had an undergraduate degree in … from Maseno University, both in her native Kenya. She had worked with the Centers for Disease Control performing behavioral research on HIV intervention and saw speech … of thinking about diverse patient caseloads. “ Charles Haynes (who retired last year) always made a point of bringing you back to thinking about things like …

… the treatment ingredients that comprise a long-established music-based therapy for aphasia, and suggests that customizing these ingredients can improve its … What is Melodic Intonation Therapy? It is a music-based treatment approach for aphasia, which is an acquired language disorder after brain injury, usually a stroke. Melodic Intonation Therapy, often called MIT, was developed the 1970’s for people with severe aphasia. The therapist guides the person with aphasia in …