We all know that music makes us feel better! It has therapeutic characteristics that affect our body-mind-spirit in a way that nothing else can do! You actually don’t even have to hear the music around you; you can hear it in your head and have the same effect!! You can whistle it or hum it […]
Archive | Music Medicine
Another story of music's power with Alzheimer's patients
by Steve Toll and Linda Bareham What better “medicine” than a “treatment” that has only positive side effects and “therapy” that is actually enjoyable? That is the “miracle of music” when applied with intention. Music is shown to have the ability to help organize the brain; especially vital to those who are afflicted with Alzheimer’s. […]
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 […]
Patient anxiety reduced with proper music
Patient anxiety can be debilitating before surgery of any kind. We’ve known for a long time that listening to calm, comforting, soothing music before surgery could do the same thing as the drugs…and without the risk of adverse reactions. Overly and unnecessarily sedating the patient should be avoided. Today another study appeared also documenting […]
Musical Taste: Where does it come from?
How does musical taste develop? I’m sure that volumes and volumes have been written on this subject and I’d love to read them, but for now I will just expound on my own theory. We know that different cultures around the globe (and probably around the universe!) have evolved different types of music and different […]