AdvertisementSinging Therapy Helps Stroke Patients Speak AgainDecember 26, 2011Richard KnoxfacebookEmailLaurel Fontaine, 16, (left) and her twin sister Heather. When Laurel was 11 years old, she suffered a stroke that destroyed 80 percent of the left side of her brain. The singing therapy helped her regain the ability to speak. (Ellen Webber for NPR)