Our expert witness service provides expert assessment and reports to advise on outcomes of music and neurologic music therapy and attached quantum within civil litigation and education.
We accept direct instructions from claimant and defendant firms and offer free pre-instruction advice. Reports are usually available within 2 months of instruction.
Our expert witnesses hold the Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil Expert Certificate.
Chroma uses the ALLDOQ platform to operate our Expert Witness services
As part of our service, we use/access a range of standardised assessment tools and protocolised interventions. These include:
The Music therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders Of Consciousness (MATADOC)
The Music therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders Of Consciousness (MATADOC) is a music-based validated, standardised assessment tool for people with disorders of consciousness. It involves a systematic protocol involving singing, music and musical instruments combined with a record of detailed observations. It has diagnostic potential and is used in many countries around the world to contribute to differential diagnosis in disorders of consciousness.
Importantly, the MATADOC also provides detailed information to inform goal-setting, and treatment and care planning. The MATADOC assists therapy and care teams in identifying strengths and developing skills of people with a Disorder of Consciousness to optimise stimulation in treatment and care. It is validated for use with adults and a version for those under 18 years old is currently being validated. This is called the Music therapy Sensory Instrument for Cognition, Consciousness and Awareness (MuSICCA).
Neurologic Music Therapy
Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT)® is a research-guided clinical system that is driven by advances in neuroscience and the understanding of the perception, cognition, and production of music and how music can influence and change non-musical brain and behavior function.
NMT is defined as the therapeutic application of music to cognitive, affective, sensory, language, and motor dysfunctions due to neurologic disease of the human nervous system. It is for any population including stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer’s disease, autism, mental health, and other neurological diseases affecting cognition, movement, communication, and psychosocial function.
