Visualise Your Thesis 2024 - Bethany Best - Stimulating Aphasia Recovery after Stroke...

music is listened to by millions of people around the world each day from infancy to old age music creates memories and meaning the soundtrack to life this soundtrack is significantly interrupted by stroke globally more than 12 million new Strokes occur each day 38% of stroke survivors are diagnosed with a speech and language disorder known as Aphasia Aphasia affects many aspects of life including the ability to read write and communicate music has been shown to stimulate speech and language centers in the brain positively impacting mood cognition and language recovery post stroke my research explores music listening tools and processes for use by people with poststroke aasia to promote language recovery and restart the soundtrack to life