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.
Benzodiazepines are generally classified as minor tranquilizers useful in the management of anxiety. Benzodiazepines include drugs such as diazepam (ValiumÂ®), chlordiazepoxide (LibriumÂ®), oxazepam (SeraxÂ®), lorazepam (AtivanÂ®), alprazolam (XanaxÂ®), clonazepam (ClonopinÂ®), and others.