In the process of melodic intonation therapy, patients are taught to self-evaluate their level of success in reproducing the sounds made by the speech pathologist. The singing of words slows down the process of producing phonemes or individual speech sounds, allowing the patient to hear differences more distinctly.
Benzodiazepines (BZD, BZs), sometimes called benzos, are a class of psychoactive drugs whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring.
A: Xanax (alprazolam) (http://www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/xanax) is a benzodiazepine that works on chemicals in the brain that become unbalanced. Xanax is indicated for anxiety. Common side effects of Xanax include drowsiness, dizziness, dry mouth, muscle weakness, and blurred speech.anax is in a class of drugs called benzodiazepines, and is available in several forms including tablets, a liquid, disintegrating tablets, and extended release tablets. Xanax is made by Pfizer and was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1981. It's also available as a generic drug.