The Neurologic Music Therapy® (NMT™) System of Techniques is a standardized evidence-based clinical treatment system of 20 techniques that is driven by advances in applied auditory music neuroscience and the clinical understanding of music perception, production, and cognition. The NMT™ System targets specific functional behaviours in the areas of cognition, sensorimotor, and speech and language based on a client’s diagnostics and treatment goals.
The NMT™ system provides structured music-based exercises that are not only relevant to NMT™ music therapists but exemplify how music can be integrated into intervention practices for all allied healthcare professionals, in the disciplines such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, neuropsychology, and speech-language pathology.
Communities served by NMT™ include, but are not limited to acquired brain injuries, movement disorders, developmental disorders, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Alzheimer Disease, and other related dementia, and mental health. The NMT™ Techniques are implemented by therapists who have received advanced professional training through the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy®.