Original sentence: Tomaino is the executive director and co-founder of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function and senior vice president for music therapy at Beth Abraham Family of Health Services
Edited sentence: "Music Therapy is a vital adjunct in the treatment of patients with a wide range of disorders, and no one has played a greater role in advancing this field than Connie Tomaino - Oliver Sacks, M.A key distinguishing aspect of Dr.Indeed, she has lectured internationally on Music Therapy in such disparate locales as Australia, South Africa, Italy, Austria, England and Canada.It was in fact in Beth Abraham’s dementia unit that Dr.The executive director and co-founder of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function and senior vice president for music therapy at Beth Abraham Family of Health Services, Dr.Though by no means an instant treatment, the results have helped to create a new understanding of music’s role in countering neurological impairments once thought to be substantially irreversible and slowing the progress of other conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.Tomaino first observed patients responding –often quickly -- to music and regaining portions of memory previously thought to be lost.Tomaino utilizes a variety of musical genres -- from classical and opera to popular and ethnic as well as components of music such as rhythm, harmony and melody – to actually switch on impacted areas of the brain that control such physical limitations as short-term memory loss and extending patient’s attention span, reestablishing fluid speech abilities and even finding a musical cue to facilitate walking.Tomaino’s groundbreaking music therapy research and treatment is her focus on a biological basis or “musical cue” to trigger patients’ responses, rather than the previously held and more traditional psychological approach.Tomaino’s research in the clinical applications of music and neurological rehabilitation are renowned throughout the US and around the world.Working with her team of dedicated music therapists and long-term care patients at the Beth Abraham Family of Health Services facility in the Bronx, NY, Dr