{"id":104,"date":"2008-11-16T00:36:53","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T04:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/blog\/?p=104"},"modified":"2014-11-17T14:02:36","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T19:02:36","slug":"music-and-epilepsy-is-there-a-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/music-and-epilepsy-is-there-a-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Music and Epilepsy:  Is there a Connection?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the-brain-and-music.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/music-and-epilepsy.html\">Music and Epilepsy<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n<div>Using the sound of her violin, concert violinist Martha Curtis teaches hope, and the power to overcome anything. Curtis has suffered from epilepsy her entire life, even having seizures on the biggest concert stages in the world.<br \/>\n15 years ago, Curtis put her career and love for music on the line, undergoing three major brain surgeries removing the part of the brain causing her seizures. Curtis was the first professional musician to undergo the procedure that has reportedly caused blindness, and losing the ability to hear music. A day after her third surgery, Curtis again played the violin, playing an excerpt from beethoven. The surgery was a success. Curtis has not suffered a seizure ever since, and now travels around the world talking to people from all walks of life, teaching them never to give up.<br \/>\nMartha Curtis&#8217; story has been featured on CBS&#8217;s 60 minutes, and she is currently writing a book. 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