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From: heidiwexler@gmail.com
Date: 17 Oct 2008
Time: 20:25:56 -0500
Remote Name: 68.174.156.227
Ms. Shira, Your response to the question of fading out musical support, got right to the heart of a key factor for PWS, which is time pressure. You wrote: "Especially with kids, the fading isn't even necessary, as the process of generating their own words in real time with musical support teaches the brain the skill of generating speech within a set timeframe, which is really what fluent speech is, right?" I have never quite thought of fluency this way. But it makes a lot of sense. Music has a way of relaxing time pressure and just changing the experience of time. In addition to teaching the brain to generate speech in a set time frame, do you think music teaches the brain to experience time differently? For instance, pauses in a song are, literally, heard. Also, music advances our notion of communication in that it's not as goal oriented or about instant gratification. These are ways I imagine time pressure could be eased. I would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks for your time. Heidi Wexler