{"id":1848,"date":"2015-07-30T16:55:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T21:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/blog\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2015-07-30T16:55:44","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T21:55:44","slug":"children-and-pain-study-looks-at-power-of-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/children-and-pain-study-looks-at-power-of-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Children and Pain: Study looks at Power of Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever had a child in the hospital? \u00a0That alone is a painful and frightening experience for parent and child, but imagine if your child has to have surgery, and after surgery, is in pain. \u00a0As a mother of three and grandmother of four, I can’t imagine anything more frustrating for a parent. \u00a0No one wants to see their child in pain; but no one wants to see their child on heavy pain medicine either.<\/p>\n

Researchers, who had a personal motive, (because of a previous positive experience with a hospitalized loved one) decided to do a specific study with hospitalized children. \u00a0 They divided the children into three groups and allowed one group to choose their favorites from Miley Cyrus, etc. \u00a0Another group got to choose a favorite story being read through headphones. \u00a0The third group listened to silence through comfy, noise-cancelling headphones.<\/p>\n

What do you think they found? \u00a0Let’s let NPR tell the story!!<\/p>\n

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