本課程目標在瞭解並分辨溝通障礙的生理與心理肇因, 運用音樂治療技巧協助改善溝通障礙者除生理限制以外的表達方式，實質內涵是協助溝通障礙者能有具人性及生活品質的介入服務。

The purpose of this course is to understand and distinguish the physiological and psychological causes of communication disorders, and to use music treatment techniques to help improve the expression methods of communication disorders other than physiological restrictions. The actual content is to help communication disorders have interventional services with human nature and quality of life.

Bhatnagar, S. C. (2013). Neuroscience for the study of communication disorders (4th ed.), PA: Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a Wolters Kluwer business.

學生口頭報告文獻：
報告A：Jackendoff, R., & Lerdahl, F. (2006). - The capacity for music: What is it, and what’s special about it? Cognition, 100, 33-72.
報告B：Besson, M., Schön, D., Moreno, S., Santos, A., & Magne, C. (2007). Influence of musical expertise and musical training on pitch processing in music and language. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 25, 399-410.
報告C：Schirmer A., Kotz, S. A. (2006). Beyond the right hemisphere: Brain mechanisms mediating vocal emotional processing. TRENDS in Cognitive Science, 10(1), 25-30.
報告D：Thompson, W. F., Schellenberg, E. Glenn, & Husain, G. (2004). Decoding speech prosody: Do music lessons help? Emotion, 4(1), 46-64.
報告E：Tillmann, B., & Bigand, E. (2015). Response: A commentary on: “Neural overlap in processing music and speech”, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 1-3. (需自行另擇相關文獻增補)
報告F：Zatorre, R. J., Belin, P., & Penhune, V. B. (2002). Structure and function of auditory cortex: Music and speech. TRENDS in Cognitive Science, 6(1), 37-46.
報告G：Nicholson, J. M., Berthelsen, D., Abad, V., & Williams, K. (2008). Impact of music therapy to promote positive parenting and child development. Journal of Health Psychology, 13(2), 226-238.

Bhatnagar, S. C. (2013). Neuroscience for the study of communication disorders (4th ed.), PA: Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a Wolters Kluwer business.

Student oral report:
Report A: Jackendoff, R., & Lerdahl, F. (2006). - The capacity for music: What is it, and what’s special about it? Cognition, 100, 33-72.
Report B: Besson, M., Schön, D., Moreno, S., Santos, A., & Magne, C. (2007). Influence of musical expertise and musical training on pitch processing in music and language. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 25, 399-410.
Report C: Schirmer A., ​​Kotz, S. A. (2006). Beyond the right hemisphere: Brain mechanisms mediating vocal emotional processing. TRENDS in Cognitive Science, 10(1), 25-30.
Report D: Thompson, W. F., Schellenberg, E. Glenn, & Husain, G. (2004). Decoding speech prosody: Do music lessons help? Emotion, 4(1), 46-64.
Report E: Tillmann, B., & Bigand, E. (2015). Response: A commentary on: “Neural overlap in processing music and speech”, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 1-3. (Related documents need to be added separately)
Report F: Zatorre, R. J., Belin, P., & Penhune, V. B. (2002). Structure and function of auditory cortex: Music and speech. TRENDS in Cognitive Science, 6(1), 37-46.
Report G: Nicholson, J. M., Berthelsen, D., Abad, V., & Williams, K. (2008). Impact of music therapy to promote positive parenting and child development. Journal of Health Psychology, 13(2), 226-238.