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Melodic Intonation Therapy

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  1. School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Lyn S. Turkstra

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  1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

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    John DeLuca

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Turkstra, L.S. (2018). Melodic Intonation Therapy. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_2224

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