Effectiveness of music therapy as an aid to neurorestoration of children with severe neurological disorders.

ABSTRACT: This study was a two-armed parallel group design aimed at testing real world effectiveness of a music therapy (MT) intervention for children with severe neurological disorders. The control group received only the standard neurorestoration program and the experimental group received an additional MT "Auditory Attention plus Communication protocol" just before the usual occupational and speech therapy. Multivariate Item Response Theory (MIRT) identified a neuropsychological status-latent variable manifested in all children and which exhibited highly significant changes only in the experimental group. Changes in brain plasticity also occurred in the experimental group, as evidenced using a Mismatch Event Related paradigm which revealed significant post intervention positive responses in the l

SUBMITTER: Bringas ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4631829 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature