Yet another medical research study has come out documenting that listening to calm, relaxing music before surgery can calm the patient better than powerful midazolam. Time to order those pre-surgery headphones: www.surgicalheadphones.com. Introduction: Patients who await surgery often suffer from fear and anxiety, which can be prevented by anxiolytic drugs. Relaxing music may be an [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Music and Surgery'
Music Before Surgery Proves Better than Midazolam!
December 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Music and Surgery
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Mayo Clinic Now Recommending Music with Heart Surgery
November 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Music and Surgery
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN is one of the most highly esteemed medical facilities in the world. Imagine how thrilled I was to find that they strong recommend the use of healing music for patients having open heart surgery. Here is what they said: Patients scheduled for heart surgery at Mayo Clinic in [...]
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Patients choosing to download surgery music
November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Music and Surgery
Since I created my headphones for surgery last year, I also decided to offer just the download of the music as well. Lately, more people are choosing to download the music to put on their own MP3 players. Obviously I think this is a wonderful idea, better than having no music or taking in music [...]
I’ve Come Full Circle!
October 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Music and Surgery
I’ve Come Full Circle! Last night I had a once in a lifetime experience. The dear man who has been my mentor in the field of music medicine for twenty years now, was in the hospital recovering from an emergency appendectomy, and I was able to deliver him a set of my surgery headphones to [...]
Rave Reviews coming in on surgery headphones!
October 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Music and Surgery
Rave Reviews come in of my Surgery Headphones Well I had a wonderful experience tonight at a banquet I attended. I was not expecting to know many of the people who were there, but to my delight, there was a woman MD who bought my headphones a few months ago for her knee replacement surgery! [...]
A live video of music during surgery!
September 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Music and Surgery
This music was planned and played by my friend and mentor, Dr. Arthur Harvey. Since this was created, Dr. Harvey has moved from Honolulu to the Sarasota area. I will be in Sarasota from Oct. 22-26 and available to consult with folks about music during surgery. Let me know if you live in the area [...]
Music with Out-patient surgery? Yes!
September 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Music and Surgery
Music before Day Surgery–are there benefits? This interesting research comes from England. Apparently many patients feel they’ve been abandoned as they wait for their surgery. If they were given their wireless, pre-programmed headphones prior to surgery, this would undoubtedly calm some of their pre-surgery jitters! Gilmartin J, Wright K. School of Healthcare Studies, Baines Wing, [...]
A Few Answers about Surgery Headphones
September 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Music and Surgery
I am so excited that more and more people are ordering the surgery headphones and also are ordering the headphones that I’m programming for Parkinson’s patients as well as Alzheimer’s patients and simply for relaxation and meditation! I never dreamed that things would go so well so quickly! Anyway, some excellent questions have been asked [...]
