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After a stroke, Peter couldn't speak and had problems even "turning on his voice," says Brian Harris of the Boston neuro-rehab company MedRhythms. Months of music therapy, combined with speech therapy, helped Peter learn to talk again. "We used music and singing as a primer to get his brain going, so that we could then address language." Footage of Brian working with Peter begins at 1:32. "By using melody to engage his right hemisphere, we're actually leveraging what he can do over what he can't do," Brian says. See more on the power of music therapy at www.medrhythmstherapy.com and www.musictherapytales.com.