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Music as an Aid in the Remediation of Learning Disabilities.

This article describes the use of music taught in a specifically structured manner as a form of therapy for children with learning disabilities due to perceptual problems. The procedure consisted of visual, aural, and tactual training through the medium of piano and theory lessons, over a period of...

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Published in:Journal of Learning Disabilities Vol. 6; no. 5; pp. 286 - 296
Main Author: Rejto, Alice
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. May1973
Subjects:
Music therapy
Musical perception
Learning disabilities
Cognition disorders
Visual perception in children
Sensorimotor integration
Visual discrimination
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:This article describes the use of music taught in a specifically structured manner as a form of therapy for children with learning disabilities due to perceptual problems. The procedure consisted of visual, aural, and tactual training through the medium of piano and theory lessons, over a period of six months. Significant positive gains in language skills, auditory and visual perception abilities, sensory-motor integration, symbolic representation, and memory were shown for the child in this study. Further studies are suggested.