Both from a theoretical perspective and by means of several case examples, the 
article focuses on the issue of overcoming the disturbed pre-verbal 
communication behaviour presented by patients in the early stage following 
severe craniocerebral trauma. In patients with brain lesion, a pre-verbal, 
emotionally-focussed tonal language almost invariably is capable of reaching the 
still healthy sections of the person. Hence, it is possible for music therapy to 
both establish contact with the seemingly non-responsive patient and 
re-stimulate the person's fundamental communication competencies and experience 
at the emotional, social and cognitive levels.