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UPN KMAX Good Day Channel 31 segment on Aileen Kelley, CMP, playing the harp at Mercy San Juan Medical Center's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to improve premature babies' health on August 20, 2005

 

Featured News for 2011

 

From Canada East Harp therapist aims to bring peace of mind to clients (Published Thursday January 6th, 2011, By Margaret Patricia Eaton)

...Therapeutic music is an art based on the science of sound in which acoustic music is played and tailored to the immediate needs of the client, using the intrinsic elements of music; that is, vibrations, resonance and ...Complete article

From The Inquirer Digital/Daily News Digital, by Daniel Rubin: Marcia Kravis is the rare conservatory-trained musician who loves it when her audience falls asleep. Thursday afternoons you can find her sitting in a corner of the emergency room at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, tapping a hammered... Complete article

 

New Books

The Power of Music to Affect the Brain, by Elena Mannes, from NPR Books. Listen to 30 minute story, and read about this new book on the affects of music on the brain.

The Gift of Healing Modes, a music book, by Stella Benson, CMP, CHTP. An unprecedented perspective on the healing nature of Western modes, The Gift of Healing Modes empowers the musician with seven clear and distinct scales, each with their own unlimited shades of musical color.

Healing At the Speed of Sound: How what we hear transforms our brains and our lives, by Don Campbell and Alex Doman. Click here to listen to NPR, Diane Rehm Show interview with Don Campbell about this new book.

 

Research

Aragon, D., C. Farris, and J. F. Byers. 2002. The effects of harp music in vascular and thoracic surgical patients. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 8, no. 5:52-+ .

Arnon, S., Bauer, S., Dolfin, T., Forman, L., Litmanovitz, I., Regev, R., and Shapsa, A. June 2006. Live music is beneficial to preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit environment.
Birth. vol. 33, no. 2: p. 131-136.

Block, S.M., Kemper, K., Martin, K., Shoaf, R., and Woods, C. March/April 2004. Attitudes and expectations about music therapy for premature infants among staff in a neonatal intensive care unit. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. vol. 10, no. 2:
p. 50-54.

Byers, J.F., and Smyth, K.A. May 1997. Effect of a music intervention on noise annoyance, heart rate, and blood pressure in cardiac surgery patients. American Journal of Critical Care. vol. 6, no. 3: 183-191.

Caine, J. 1991. The effects of music on the selected stress behaviors, weight, caloric and formula intake, and length of hospital stay of premature and low birth weight neonates in a newborn intensive care unit. Journal of Music Therapy. vol. 28: p. 180-192.

Caserta, M., Freeman, L., and Lund, D. April 2005. Music thanatology: prescriptive harp music as palliative care for the dying patient. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. vol. 45, no. 2.

Cooke, M. Chabover, W. Schluter, P, Hiratos, M. Effect of Music on Preoperative Anxiety in Day Surgery , JAdv Nursing , 2005. 52 (1), pp. 47-55.

Halstead, M.T, Roscoe, S.T. 2002. Music as an intervention for oncology nurses: restoring the spirit at the end of life. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing 6, no. 6.

Kocheril, A.G., Mackinnon, J.C., and Prasun, M.A. July 12, 2006. Music and Electrophysiology. Electrophysiology Lab Digest.

Standley, J.M. Nov-Dec 1998. The effect of music and multimodal stimulation on responses of premature infants in neonatal intensive care. Pediatric Nursing. vol. 24, no. 6: p. 532-538.

Standley, J.M. 1998. The effect of music and multimodal stimulation on physiological and developmental responses of premature infants in neonatal intensive care. Journal of Pediatric Nursing. vol. 24: p. 532-538.

Staneslow, S. Spring 2006. Live music lulls newborns and slows heart rates. The Harp Therapy Journal : p. 14.

Twiss, E., Seaver,J. McCaffrey, R. The effect of music listening on older adults undergoing cardiovascular surgery , Nursing in Critical Care , Vol. 11, Issue 5, 2006, pp. 224-231.

Whipple, J. 2000. The effect of parent training in music and multimodal stimulation on parent-neonate interactions in the neonatal intensive care unit. Journal of Music Therapy. vol. 37: p. 250-268.

White, J.M. July 1999. Effects of relaxing music on cardiac autonomic balance and anxiety after acute myocardial infarction. American Journal of Critical Care. vol. 8, no. 4: 220-229.

February 20, 2008. Music listening enhances cognitive recovery and mood after middle cerebral artery stroke. Brain: A Journal of Neurology.

 

Articles

Balik, Michael J., PhD. and Lee, Roberta, MD The Power of Sound: Ethnomedical Tradition and Modern Science. Alternative Therapies , Mar/Apr 2003, Vol. 9, No. 2., pp. 96-98.

Block, S. M., D. Jennings, and L. R. David. 2003. Live harp music decreases salivary cortisol levels in convalescent premature infants. Pediatric Research 53, no. 4:469A-470A.

Bock, K.A. Spring 1999. Harp music eases pain from lupus.
The Harp Therapy Journal. p. 4.

Briggs, T. Winter 2003-2004. Live harp music reduces anxiety of patients hospitalized with cancer. The Harp Therapy Journal vol. 8, no. 4.

Buchanan, L. Summer 1996. Harp debuts in operating room.
The Harp Therapy Journal.

Chesky, K.S. and Michel, D.E. Spring 1997. Music and music vibration for pain relief. The Harp Therapy Journal. vol. 2, no. 1: p. 1, 11-13, 15.

Chou, Mei-Hsien and Lin, Mei-Feng. Exploring the Listening Experiences During Guided Imagery with Music Therapy of Outpatients with Depression. Journal of Nursing Research , Vol. 14, No. 2, 2006, pp. 93-101.

Collins, S.K., Kuck, K. 1991. Music therapy in the neonatal intensive care unit. Neonatal Network. vol. 9: p. 23-26.

Eisele, M. Summer 1999. Bringing heart to the hospital: Special neonatal care unit benefits from harp music. The Harp Therapy Journal. p. 10-11.

Ernst, Edzard, MD, PhD, Rand, Julia I, MBBS, MSc, Stevinson, Care, MSc, BSc. Complementary Therapies for Depression. Arch. Gen Psychiatry , Vol. 55, Nov. 1988, pp. 1026-1032.

Froehlich, M.A. Winter 1998-99. Opportunities for the harp with pediatric patients. The Harp Therapy Journal. p. 10.

Healing harps improves quality of life for women with Multiple Sclerosis. The Harp Therapy Journal. p. 4, 9.

Hsu, Wei-Chi and Lai, Hui-Ling. Effects of Music on Major Depression in Psychiatric Inpatients, Archives of Psychiatric Nursing , Vol. XVIII, No. 5, October 2004, pp. 193-199.

Kim, Soo Ji, MME, MT-BC and Koh, Ijoo, MME, MT-BC. The Effects of Music on Pain Perception of Stroke Patients during Upper Extremity Joint Exercises. Journal of Music Therapy , ILII, (1) 2006, pp. 81-92

Lewis, C.R., et al. 2003. Integrating complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) into standard hospice and palliative care. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care 20, no. 3:221-228.

Marie, L. Summer 2005. Therapeutic harp reaches neurologically challenged children in Canada. The Harp Therapy Journal. p.8.

McKee, S. Fall 2004. Gentle musings: Assessing effects of live harp music upon patients, families and friends, and staff at Maschusetts General Hospital's Cancer Center. The Harp Therapy Journal vol. 9 no. 3.

Nodai, Ryo, Maedai, Yukio, and Yoshino, Atsuo. Therapeutic time window for musicokinetic therapy in a persistent vegetative state after severe brain damage. Brain Injury , Vol. 18, No. 5, May 2004, pp. 509-515.

Norton, J. Winter 2004--05. Harp Care gently touches southwest Missouri. The Harp Therapy Journal vol. 9, no. 4: p. 1,4-5, 15.

Riley, L. Spring 2002. A pilot program-Therapeutic music at Flagstaff Medical Center. The Harp Therapy Journal vol. 7, no. 1: p.1, 9.

Schroeder-Sheker, T. 1994. Music for the dying: a personal account of the new field of music-thanatology-history, theories, and clinical narratives. Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association 12, no. 1:83-99.

Standley, J.M. 2002. A meta-analysis of the efficacy of music therapy for premature infants. Journal of Pediatric Nursing. vol. 17: p. 107-113.

Terman, S.A. Summer 1999. Healing from bedside harp playing - a psychiatrist's persective. The Harp Therapy Journal.

Tourin, T. Fall 2000. The effects of harp therapy at San Diego Hospice and other health-care facilities. The Harp Therapy Journal. p. 13-14.

Ulrich, R.S., R.F. Simons & M.A. Mile, "Effects of Environmental Simulations and Television on Blood Donors Stress". Journal of Architecture and Planning Research. 20, no. 1, (Spring 2003) pages 38-47.

Weber, Susan, Nuessler, Volkmar, and Wilmanns, Wolfgang. A Pilot Study on the Influence of Receptive Music Listening on Cancer Patients During Chemotherapy. IJAM 5 (2), pp. 27-35

Williams, S. Winter 2002-2003. Study shows live harp music decreases pain and anxiety in postoperative patients. The Harp Therapy Journal vol. 7, no. 4.

Williams, S. Fall 2001. Music energizes patient's with Alzheimer's Disease. The Harp Therapy Journal. p. 4-5.

Williams, S. Spring 2001. Patients with Parkinson's Disease find relief with harp music. The Harp Therapy Journal. p. 6-7

 

Research Abstracts

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