by David Gibson | Dec 15, 2021 | Articles and Videos, Music for Learning Disabilities and Psychological Issues Including Depression, Sound and Children, Vibroacoustics
Sound Therapy was developed during the 1990s in a special school for children with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD), (Ellis, P. (1997)), and from 1997 in a home for the long-term care of the elderly where the vibroacoustic element was initially...
by David Gibson | Dec 15, 2021 | Articles and Videos, Sound for Dementia
The literature on music and dementia points at an increasing interest in music therapy in dementia care. Here different assessment tools using music and musical interaction are described, a few studies examine the sedative adaptation of music, and several studies...
by David Gibson | Dec 15, 2021 | Articles and Videos, Vibroacoustics
This paper presents a novel coupling of haptics technology and music, introducing the notion of tactile composition or aesthetic composition for the sense of touch. A system that facilitates the composition and perception of intricate, musically structured...
by David Gibson | Dec 14, 2021 | Articles and Videos, Medical Sound, Sound for Pain, Sound for Parkinson's, Vibroacoustics
Professor Lee Bartel and his team in the new Music and Health Research Collaboratory (MaHRC) at the University of Toronto are exploring the medical effects of low frequency sound and have shown that this therapy can play a key role in reducing the symptoms of...
by David Gibson | Dec 14, 2021 | Articles and Videos, Music Therapy, Vibroacoustics
Vibroacoustic and vibrotactile devices that transmit sound as vibration to the body have developed over the last 15 years, and have been reported anecdotally to produce relaxation and reductions in muscle tone, blood pressure and heart rate. Vibroacoustic (VA) therapy...
by David Gibson | Dec 14, 2021 | Articles and Videos, Medical Sound, Vibroacoustics
Vibroacoustic therapy is a recently recognized technology that uses sound in the audible range to produce mechanical vibrations that are applied directly to the body. The technology uses speakers or transducers placed within mats, mattresses, chairs, recliners,...
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