Music Therapy for Rehabilitation in Post-stroke Non-fluent Aphasia: the Indian Adaptation

The goal of this Interventional Study is to develop and test the Indian Adaptation of Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT) for Indian patients in with post-stroke Non-Fluent Aphasia (PSNFA). The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: • To develop the MIT Indian Adaptation tool and check its feasibility • To compare the MIT with standard speech rehabilitation in patient with PSNFA. Participants will undergo Speech Rehabilitation according to the developed module and the standard treatment will be given in the comparator arm. The speech recovery at 12 weeks will be compared in both treatment arms.

Inclusion Criteria: All of the following 1. Age ≥18 years of age 2. Stroke with non-fluent aphasia, within one year of ictus 3. Imaging evidence suggestive of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke of dominant hemisphere 4. Patient is alert and able to follow simple commands (should not have global aphasia) 5. Motivated caregiver 6. Informed and signed consent Exclusion Criteria: Any of the following: 1. Patients with a history of a previous stroke other than the index event, which can explain the aphasia. 2. Any clinical condition (e.g., short life expectancy, coexisting disease) or other characteristics that preclude appropriate follow-up in the study (e.g., distant residence, no family support) 3. Patients participating in any therapeutic intervention clinical trials evaluating poststroke recovery 4. Use of psychotropic drugs that interfere with patient evaluation