Handbook of Neurologic Music Therapy

Michael H. Thaut, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Director, Music and Health Research Collaboratory MaHRC,Volker Hoemberg, St Mauritius Klinik Meerbusch, Germany

Michael H Thaut received his masters and PhD in music from Michigan State University with a minor in movement science. He also holds diplomas from the Mozarteum Music University in Salzburg/Austria and the University of Muenster/Germany. At Colorado State University he is a Professor of Music and a Professor of Neuroscience and served as Dean of the School of the Arts from 2001 to 2010. He has been the Director of the Center for Biomedical Research in Music since 1994 His internationally recognized research in brain function and music focuses on temporal information processing in the brain related to rhythmicity and biomedical applications of music to neurologic rehabilitation. His discoveries how auditory rhythm entrains motor and cognitive functions have led to landmark changes how music has become recognized as a language of brain rehabilitation. He has over 180 scientific and scholarly publications and has (co)authored 4 books.

1. Neurologic Music Therapy: From Social Science to Neuroscience, Michael H Thaut, Gerald C McIntosh, and Volker Hoemberg
2. The Role of NMT in Neurologic Rehabilitation, Volker Hoemberg and Klaus von Wild
3. Music Technology for Neurologic Music Therapy, Edward A. Roth
4. Clinical Improvisation in Neurologic Music Therapy, Edward A. Roth
5. Patterned Sensory Enhancement and Constraint Induced Therapy: A perspective from occupational therapy to interdisciplinary upper extremity rehabilitation, Crystal Massie
6. Assessment and the Transformational Design Model, Michael H Thaut
7. Rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) in (gait) rehabilitation for patients with Parkinson's Disease: A research perspective, Miek de Dreu, Gert Kwakkel, and Erwin van Wegen
8. Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation, Corene Thaut and Ruth Rice
9. Patterned Sensory Enhancement (PSE), Corene P. Thaut
10. Therapeutical Instrumental Music Performance, Kathrin Mertel
11. Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT), Michael H Thaut, Corene Hurt Thaut, and Kathleen McIntosh
12. Musical Speech Stimulation (MUSTIM), Corene P. Thaut
13. Rhythmic Speech Cueing, Stefan Mainka and Grit Mallien
14. Oral Motor and Respiratory Exercises (OMREX), Kathrin Mertel
15. Vocal Intonation Therapy (VIT), Corene P. Thaut
16. Therapeutic Singing (TS), Sarah B. Johnson
17. Developmental Speech and Language Training Through Music, A. Blythe LaGasse
18. Symbolic Communication Training through Music (SYCOM), Corene P. Thaut
19. Musical Sensory Orientation Training (MSOT), Audun Myskja
20. Auditory Perception Training (APT), Kathrin Mertel
21. Musical Attention Control Training, Michael H. Thaut and James C. Gardiner
22. Musical Neglect Training (MNT), Mutsumi Abiru
23. Musical Executive Function Training (MEFT), James C. Gardiner and Michael H. Thaut
24. Musical Mnemonics Training (MMT), James C. Gardiner and Michael H. Thaut
25. Musical Echoic Memory Training, Michael H Thaut
26. Associative Mood and Memory Training (AMMT), Shannon K. de l'Etoile
27. Music in Psychosocial Training and Counseling (MPC), Barbara L. Wheeler