A new study indicates that singing might help with stroke recovery and rehabilitation.
The study, which recently came out of Finland, found that singing helped with both speech recovery and psychosocial wellbeing. This was found to be especially helpful when done in a group setting because of the peer support that it provided amongst those going through recovery.
About 40 percent of stroke survivors find themselves struggling with speech aphasia. Speech aphasia can happen for a number of reasons, but when it happens after a stroke, it’s because the brain cells and pathways that process speech have been damaged. With therapy, new pathways can be created and speech can often be regained, depending on the severity of the stroke. Speech therapy can be a difficult and painful part of the recovery process. Finding new and more helpful ways to ensure that therapy is more effective for more people can help a greater number of people to have a more thorough recovery if they do suffer from a stroke.
Previous research has indicated that even if someone has suffered from aphasia, they still retain the ability to sing. Singing and speaking tend to have different pathways within the brain. By using music, it is now believed that the transition to fully regaining speech can be made a little bit easier.
This study comes out of the University of Helsinki. The researchers published their findings in the journal, Brain Communications. It presents a novel approach to helping those that have suffered from a stroke go through the recovery process. Research like this has the potential to help future doctors and researchers to better understand how individuals recover from stroke and brain injury, and give them a more precise road to recovery.
When someone you love has had a stroke, the recovery process hits close to home. It’s never easy to see someone that you care about struggle through this process. And everyone is different. Some stroke victims recover quickly. Some never fully get back to where they were before the stroke. In some, a stroke is a fatal occurrence. Ensuring that the rehab process meets the needs of the individual is important. Singing might not be a helpful alternative for everyone, but many people might find that it is exactly what they’ve needed.
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