真的能和《國王的演講》中演的一樣治療口吃麼

口吃是交流和學習語言的重大難題，對於有點口吃的人總想着如果能治療口吃那該多好啊，可以盡情表達自己的想法，在《國王的演講》中，我們看到了使用音樂和唱歌來治療口吃，到底這種方式是否有效呢？

在《國王的演講》中，喬治六世在萊昂內爾·羅格用的幫助下，通過聽音樂和唱歌來使說話變得容易。而現在，科學家們已發現唱歌對治療口吃非常有效的原因。

In The King’s Speech, George VI received help from Lionel Logue, by listening to music and singing to speak scientists have discovered why singing is so effective at treating a stammer.

馬克斯·普朗克研究所的科學家們表示，令人驚訝的是，這項技術和旋律沒有任何關係，而是基於節奏。研究人員發現，有節奏的表達非常熟悉的歌詞以及公式化的短語，無論是唱或是說，都對清晰發音有很大的影響。該結果很可能會開闢一條治療言語障礙的新療法。

Surprisingly it has nothing to do with the melody but instead is based on the rhythm, say scientists at the Max Planck Institute in archers found that highly familiar song lyrics and formulaic phrases expressed rhythmically had a strong impact on articulation – regardless of whether they were sung or spoken. The results may lead the way to new therapies for speech disorders.

小組研究的人羣是一些遭受左腦中風的人，他們大腦左半球的言語區遭到破壞，導致他們說話困難。唱歌被認爲可以刺激大腦右半球的一片區域，那片區域將承擔受損左腦言語區的功能。最近的研究顯示：經過幾個月的時間，病人唱出如同“你好嗎”一樣公式化的短語後，他們大腦的右半球的確發生了一些變化。

The team studied people who had suffered a left-sided stroke, which had damaged speech areas in the brain’s left hemisphere, leading to difficulties ing was thought to stimulate areas in the right hemisphere, which would then assume the function for damaged left speech areas. Recent research has shown that changes indeed occur in the right brain hemisphere of patients after singing formulaic phrases like ‘How are you?’ over a period of months.

爲了找出唱歌是如何如何治療口吃的，本傑明·斯塔爾和同事們實施了一次研究。17位有言語障礙的中風患者必須清晰的說出幾千個音節，這些音節在有節奏或無節奏的伴奏下被演唱及背誦。結果表明，唱歌並不是治療這些患者的決定性因素。對歌詞的熟悉度以及文字是否包含公式化短語更重要。

To find out how singing works, Benjamin Stahl and colleagues conducted a study in which 17 stroke patients with speech problems had to articulate several thousand syllables, which were sung and recited with rhythmic or arrhythmic accompaniment。The results showed that singing was not the decisive factor for the patients. The level of familiarity with the song lyrics and whether the texts contained formulaic phrases was found to be even more important.

目前，本傑明·斯塔爾正在進行更進一步的研究。這很可能會有令人興奮的前景，很可能會提高患者生活質量。

Benjamin Stahl is presently conducting further studies which aim to tap into the resource of rhythmic and formulaic speech for rehabilitative therapies. This could offer exciting prospects for improving the quality of life for patients.