Have you ever had a child in the hospital? That 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. As a mother of three and grandmother of four, I can’t imagine anything more frustrating for a parent. No one wants to see their child in pain; but no one wants to see their child on heavy pain medicine either.
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. They divided the children into three groups and allowed one group to choose their favorites from Miley Cyrus, etc. Another group got to choose a favorite story being read through headphones. The third group listened to silence through comfy, noise-cancelling headphones.
What do you think they found? Let’s let NPR tell the story!!
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