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Patients with severe aphasia are rarely treated using speech therapy. We used
music therapy to continue to treat a 79-year-old patient with chronic severe
aphasia. Interventions 1, 2, and 3 were to practice singing a song that the
patient knew, to practice singing a song with a therapist, and to practice saying
a greeting using a song with lyrics, respectively. In addition, practice of
uttering names of body parts was initiated using touch and rhythm. After
intervention 1, the patient could sing spontaneously and repeat lyrics. After
intervention 2, she could sing with the therapist, and sing spontaneously and
repeat lyrics. After intervention 3, she could memorize words with meaning, say
the words in context, and use them. The patient could utter the names of two body
parts after therapy with touch and rhythm. These suggest that rehabilitation
therapy can still be used in patients with severe cognitive impairment.

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