Classical music could become a routine part of surgery, after a study found it helped to relax patients under local anaesthetic. Surgeons believe playing a little knife music might benefit patients so much that they recover sooner from their operations. Mozart was not actually one of the composers that those in the study got to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Headphones for other medical procedures'
Classical music ‘improves surgery’
May 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Anesthesia, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Headphones for other medical procedures, Music and Anesthesia, Recent Research on Surgery with Music, Surgery Music
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Why do you need headphones and music during surgery?
March 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · Anesthesia, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Headphones for other medical procedures, Rhythmic entrainment, Surgery Music
Having surgery is a dangerous thing, but sometimes not having surgery is more dangerous. If you’ve been told that you need to have surgery, there are certain risks you will want to be aware of: Anesthesia reactions: Most problems that arise during surgery are the result of the surgery, not the sedation for the procedure. [...]
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Fear of Anesthesia: How Can the Right Music Help?
January 15th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Common Fears in Surgery, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Headphones for other medical procedures, Music and Anesthesia, Music and Propofol, Music in the hospitals, Rhythmic entrainment, Surgical Headphones reviews
Waiting for a Ceasarean-section childbirth As a therapist and a clinical musicologist, I talk to people nearly every day that have just been told that they need to have surgery and are almost more fearful of the anesthesia than they are of having surgery! Why? Because general anesthesia is very powerful medication and occasionally [...]
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Surgical Serenity Headphones: Wireless or Cordless?
October 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Anesthesia, Common Fears in Surgery, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Headphones for other medical procedures
When people contact me about helping them use music during surgery, my first recommendation is always the pre-programmed, cordless headphones I have created. When I first had the idea to create cordless, pre-programmed headphones, back in 2005, the term “wireless” was not nearly as associated with “wireless network” as it is now. My intention [...]
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Surgery with Music Series Post #30: A Recap of why music is so important for your surgery
July 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Anesthesia, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Headphones for other medical procedures, Music and Anesthesia, Music in the hospitals, Surgical Headphones reviews
If you’ve been reading this 30-day series of posts of music with surgery, and you’re still not convinced of music’s power during surgery, I just don’t know what to tell you. People all over the world, both patients and medical staff including surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists and techs of all kinds are recommending the use [...]
Surgery with Music Series Post #29: Having a C-section
June 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Headphones for other medical procedures
Having a Cesarean section childbirth is one of those situations that has very few absolutes. Sometimes it is scheduled in advance and sometimes it is a relatively last-minute decision, based on a long and unproductive labor. The woman to your left had a scheduled C-section after going almost two weeks past her due date. With [...]
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Surgery with Music Series Post #28: Procedure other than surgery
June 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Common Fears in Surgery, Headphones for other medical procedures, Music in the hospitals
We all know that there are many serious medical procedures both elective and non-elective. People ask me all the time if the headphones can be used for situations other than surgery. The answer is a resounding “Yes!” There are so many medical procedure performed every day, procedure that are serious but don’t involve cutting into [...]
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Surgery with Music Series Post #27: Can you make your own surgery playlist?
June 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Anesthesia, Characteristics of music for surgery, Common Fears in Surgery, Headphones for other medical procedures
Of course you can! If you have enough lead time for your surgery or other medical procedure, and if you understand what the best kind of music is, you absolutely can make your own playlist. I believe that the cordless headphones are best though, because they can’t become entangled with any other hospital equipment and [...]
Surgery with Music Series Post #25: Music with Eye Surgery
June 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Characteristics of music for surgery, Common Fears in Surgery, Headphones for other medical procedures, How music works, Music and Eye Surgery
In the 20 years that I have been working with surgery patients, helping them choose their perfect music to relax them and assist them through their procedure with a minimum of drugs, I have yet to find a procedure that music can’t help. This dear lady came to me because she was in the midst [...]
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Surgery with Music Series Post #24: Surgery Headphones in the Hospital with Pacemaker Implantation
June 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Common Fears in Surgery, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Headphones for other medical procedures, Music in the hospital
Surgery is by no means the only valuable use for Surgery Serenity Headphones. As a matter of fact, most any procedure that is done in a hospital or doctor’s office could help ease a patient’s anxiety, soothe their fears and decrease the amoung of anesthesia that might be needed. One of the first patients [...]
