Who doesn’t love holiday music?! I guess there might be a few actual Grinches out there, but holiday music has a kind of magic to it, that most of us crave and actually find irresistible! As with most of the music we love, our favorites tend to be tied to the music that we heard […]
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Brain Tumor Surgery: Awake and using music!
An interesting article came my way today, written by a man who had undergone his second awake, brain tumor surgery! In this article he talks about all of the things that helped him and can help YOU, including music! Enjoy! The anesthesiologist grabbed my hand as I woke up in the room. As I embraced […]
How music affects behavior?
Have you wondered about how music affects the behavior of adolescents? This is one of the most frequent questions I get when I go out to speak around the country. I think it’s a bit of a rhetorical questions because we know that music is powerful and does affect people’s behavior, but especially people who are […]
Another story of Music's Healing Power
Music helps when all else fails. Published on September 28, 2011 by Susan R. Barry, Ph.D. in Eyes on the Brain My 89-year-old father lives three miles from me in an Assisted Care home. Like many of the other residents, he can barely walk and is terribly withdrawn. It is a struggle to find ways […]
Surgical Headphones Being Used in More Hospitals
Surgical Headphones are being used in more and more hospitals. As people learn about our Surgical Serenity Headphones they want to use them. People remember reading about them and know that they will use them if they are told that they need surgery. That’s exactly what happened with a customer today and she will be “practicing” with them over the […]