Aphasia CRE seminar: Music-based interventions in aphasia rehabilitation

Wednesday 16 August 2023

• Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane – 4 pm (AEST)
• Perth – 2 pm (AWST)
• Berlin – 8 am (CEST)
• London, Dublin – 7 am (BST, IST)
• San Francisco – 11 pm, 25 August (PDT)
  
  

Presented by Dr Aleksi Sihvonen, Helsinki University Hospital and Senior Researcher, University of Helsinki, Finland

The presentation will provide general information regarding stroke and aphasia and discuss the recovery and rehabilitation of people with aphasia focusing on the music-based interventions aimed at promoting cognitive, verbal and neural rehabilitation in stroke and aphasia.

Dr Aleksi Sihvonen is a Resident in Neurology at the Helsinki University Hospital and a Senior Researcher working at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

His research focuses on the neural underpinnings of language and music and their deficits (aphasia/amusia), and on the rehabilitative use of music for neurological patients.

Register for the webinar via Zoom

Previous seminars are available to view online

Seminar recordings are available on the Aphasia CRE YouTube channel.

See the most recent seminars:

• Constraint Induced Aphasia Therapy or Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapy: which is better and for whom? presented by Professor Miranda Rose.
• Innovation in trial design: moving beyond two-arm RCTs to evaluate post-stroke aphasia intervention, presented by Professor Amanda Farrin, PhD.