Using Music Therapy in (Re) Habilitation of Prelingual Deaf Cochlear Implant Children

Abstract

Music therapy is the skillful use of music and musical elements to promote, maintain and restore mental, physical and emotional health. Music has nonverbal, creative, structural and emotional qualities. These are used in therapeutic relationship to facilitate contact, interaction, self-awareness, learning, self-expression, communication and personal development. Music is a successful medium because almost everyone responds positively to at least some kind of music. Music therapy is now used as a vehicle and background in different communication disorders are Delayed Language Development, Learning Disability, and Dysphasia. Music therapy is used in the language intervention program of all types of Delayed Language Development (M.R, B.D.M.H, A.D.H.D, Autism and Hearing Impaired). It could be incorporated into the language intervention program in a variety of forms: • As a background medium to promote relaxation. • The use of songs as a vehicle for verbal expression and language development. • The use of musical instruments by themselves or as an accompaniment for songs.

The songs should be simple, with low pitch range and don’t have tricky rhythm. They also should have lots of repetition of words and melody. They must contain common semantic names and the syntax used in our daily live.