For as long as humans have pounded drums and plucked strings, listening to music has affected people’s sense of well-being, lifting their spirits and — as new research shows — calming their nerves. Literally. According to a study at Cleveland Clinic, music can slow the neuronal firings deep within the brain during surgery designed to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Music in the hospital'
Music Eases the Stress of Surgery—it’s a no-brainer!
February 17th, 2012 · No Comments · Music and Anesthesia, Music in the hospital, Music in the hospitals, Music with Brain Surgery
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Which hospitals in the U.S. are using the Surgical Serenity Headphones?
January 16th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Anesthesia, Common Fears in Surgery, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Music and Anesthesia, Music in the hospital, Music in the hospitals, which hospitals use music headphones
This is a question that I get more and more these days. As people around the country and around the world, find out about our ready-to-go, pre-programmed surgical headphones, they want to know that the research is there and that nationally-known, reputable hospitals are already using them. Well, good news! They are already being [...]
Music and Surgery: Music Medicine or Music Therapy?
December 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Anesthesia, Characteristics of music for surgery, Common Fears in Surgery, Music in the hospital, Rhythmic entrainment, Surgery Music
Many people do not understand the difference between music medicine and music therapy. To me, it’s not a big deal, but to some people it is a huge deal. My mentor, Dr. Arthur Harvey, explained it to me like this: in order to conduct a music therapy session, a music therapist must be present. It [...]
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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 [...]
Surgery with Music Series Post #20: How difficult is it to find the pre-programmed headphones for surgery?
June 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Characteristics of music for surgery, Headphones for other medical procedures, How music works, Music in the hospital, Surgery Music
If you have just found out that you need surgery for any given condition, you’ll want to get the headphones as soon as possible. Having the ability to listen to this music for an hour or so a day leading up to the surgery will allow you to condition your body to relax when the [...]
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Surgery with Music Series Post #19: How long will music continue to be helpful in recovery process?
June 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Characteristics of music for surgery, Headphones for other medical procedures, How music works, Music in the hospital
A reader has asked the question about how long after returning home from surgery will the headphones and music continue to help. Great question! The wonderful thing about music is that it always relaxes you and healing happens best and fastest when the body is relaxed. Stress and anxiety cause every muscle in your body [...]
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Surgery with Music Series Post #12: Music with Regional Anesthesia
June 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Anesthesia, Common Fears in Surgery, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Headphones for other medical procedures, Music and Anesthesia, Music in the hospital
Regional anesthesia is used in many, many surgical procedures and medical procedures. The following description is taken from http://www.seanesthesiology.com/regional-anesthesia.html and gives an excellent overview of various examples of regional anesthesia. What is Regional Anesthesia? Regional anesthesia is used when only one area of the body, like an arm or a leg, needs to be anesthetized [...]
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Surgery with Music Series: Post #9 “How much does music affect the anesthesia requirement of a patient?”
June 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Anesthesia, Characteristics of music for surgery, Common Fears in Surgery, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Music and Anesthesia, Music in the hospital, Music in the hospitals
We’ve established that anesthesia is a modern wonder, of sorts. Nevertheless, we also established that it carries with it certain risks and dangers, the worst of which would be an untimely death. Anesthesia MUST be administered by a medical specialist, an anesthesiologist who has gone beyond the MD degree to specialize in anesthesia. Besides finding [...]
Surgery with Music Series: Post #4 “Side-effects of surgery”
June 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Anesthesia, Characteristics of music for surgery, Common Fears in Surgery, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Headphones for other medical procedures, Music and Anesthesia, Music in the hospital, Surgery Music
No one wants to have surgery, but sometimes it really is necessary if you want to continue with your life. Surgical procedures have dramtically improved over the last 50-60 years and most surgeries are completed with no problems whatsoever. Unfortunately, even when the surgery is completely successful, recovery from surgery can be difficult and stressful. [...]
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Music and Surgery 30-day series: Post #2 “Fears about Surgery”
June 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Anesthesia, Characteristics of music for surgery, Common Fears in Surgery, Dangers and Side-effects of anesthesia, Headphones for other medical procedures, Music and Anesthesia, Music in the hospital, Surgery Music, Surgical Headphones reviews
So you’ve just been told that you need to have surgery. The fears and anxiety are running through your mind and all over your body like an army of tiny spiders. THINK of all the things that might go wrong! You could end of paralyzed, you could end up dead! They may take the wrong [...]
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