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Using Song To Increase the Articulation Skills in the Speech of the Profoundly Mentally Handicapped.
Download full textDetzner, Virginia – 1997
This report discusses the findings of a study that tested the effectiveness of a program that used music to increase the articulation skills of three females and seven males (ages 12-21) with profound mental retardation. Level one of the treatment began with the teacher humming the target word while tapping the rhythm on the hand drum or strumming…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Articulation (Speech), Music Activities, Music Techniques
