Music For Maternity

Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

After his wife suffered a leg injury and later developed dementia, a Dade County man decides to use the power of music to help her heal. Carl Singer and his wife Kay have been holding home concerts for just over a year now, and it has helped his wife feel alive again. Read more here…

Playing a musical instrument can be fun, but for people with lung problems it can also offer a health benefit. Music has always been a huge part of Larry Rawdon’s life. Read more here…

Through more tests, the doctors had found that he wasn’t keeping things in his working memory long enough for them to be stored in his short-term memory. Although he was being helped to restore his memory skills, he found that studying the science and psychology of music and thinking himself was helping. Read more here…

Music has a way of stirring our innermost feelings and all of our senses, of tapping into parts of ourselves unlike anything else. Music is a universal language that has the ability to speak to us deeply and uniquely. Read more here…

According to “Use of Music in Speech-Language Therapy,” an article by Mary B. Zoller, “Using music is a multisensory experience that enhances a number of other skills that impact on speech and language development.” Read more here…

Sitting in a music room with someone who has been robbed of the mechanics of speech by a brain tumour or a stroke and hearing them reconnect with their language through singing is one of the most inspiring experiences I encounter in my work. Read more here…

Music therapy is used to improve communication, cognition, self-esteem, and confidence while teaching children with developmental disabilities appropriate play skills including sharing, listening, and taking turns with peers. Read more here…

A music therapist, Mingst knows the power music has when working with children with autism spectrum disorders and other disabilities. Read more here…

Full of spirit, determination and courage, she has decided to find the positive side of her adversity by fulfilling her lifelong dream of becoming a musician. Shifting her focus to music has already begun to help her cope with the emotional and physical demands of this disease. Read more here…

Music therapy can positively affect premature infants’ physiological stability, increase opportunities for bonding and attachment with caregivers, and provide appropriate developmental stimulation. Babies born before term are not as neurologically mature or physiologically stable as full-term babies. Read more here…