Music for Speech and Language Development in Early Childhood Populations

Abstract

Research in the area of expressive communication and speech and language in particular is growing, especially in the area of early childhood. The purpose of this paper is to review research pertaining to the speech and language domain in young children and to posit treatment implications for music therapists who may use this information in order to enhance their evidence-based approach to the population. This examination includes music therapy and non-music therapy peer-reviewed publications that may be applicable to music therapy clinical practice. Three areas emerged: neuroscience findings, non-music-based speech and language research, and clinical music applications, which are then discussed in relation to music therapy clinical practice.

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