By Kelsey Fletcher
AUKLAND, NZ — A stroke caused by prescribed medication left Tony Wiseman semi-paralysed and unable to speak with his wife. But the 72-year-old found solace in the CeleBRation Choir. He found out singing uses a different part of the brain.
The choir was created in 2009 by the Auckland University Centre for Brain Research and started as a social gathering for sufferers of neurological conditions including stroke and Parkinson’s disease. It is at the centre of a study led by Auckland University head of speech science Suzanne Purdy who is investigating how singing influences the brain of those with neurological conditions.
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