Clinical Research Paper Database
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Auditory Training: Evidence for Neural Plasticity in Older Adults
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Improvements in digital amplification, cochlear implants, and other innovations have extended the potential for improving hearing function; yet, there remains a need for further hearing improvement in challenging listening situations, such as when trying to understand speech in noise or when list...
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Reversal of age-related neural timing delays with training
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Neural slowing is commonly noted in older adults, with consequences for sensory, motor, and cognitive domains. One of the deleterious effects of neural slowing is impairment of temporal resolution; older adults, therefore, have reduced ability to process the rapid events that characterize speech,...
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Music and dementia
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As the population ages, the prevalence of dementia is increasing. Distressing behavioral problems are often part of the illness. This review considers the available evidence for cognitive effects related to music, evidence for the efficacy of music in the management of behavioral problems in deme...
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Music therapy in supportive cancer care
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The purpose of this paper is to show some aspects of music therapy application in cancer
care and to present the integration of music therapy program into a continuous supportive
cancer care for inpatients. A cancer diagnosis is one of the most feared and serious life
events that causes stress...
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Music therapy for people with autism spectrum disorder
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We reviewed the evidence about the effect of music therapy in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We compared music therapy or music therapy in addition to standard care to no therapy, similar treatment without music ('placebo' therapy), or standard care.
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People with ASD have...
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Effectiveness of music therapy: a summary of systematic reviews based on randomized controlled trials of music interventions
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The objective of this review was to summarize evidence for the effectiveness of music therapy (MT) and to assess the quality of systematic reviews (SRs) based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
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Music-based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia
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Background
Dementia is a clinical syndrome with a number of diCerent causes which is characterised by deterioration in cognitive, behavioural, social
and emotional functions. Pharmacological interventions are available but have limited eCect to treat many of the syndrome's features.
Less resea...
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The Effect of Music Therapy and Aromatherapy with Chamomile-Lavender Essential Oil on the Anxiety of Clinical Nurses: A Randomized and Double-Blind Clinical Trial
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Nurses may be anxious due to critical and emergencies, and anxiety can affect their professional performance. Non-pharmacological
interventions, as a safe method, can reduce anxiety.
This study aimed to determine the effect of music therapy and aromatherapy with chamomile - lavender essential o...
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Songs Composed for Use in Music Therapy: A Survey of Original Songwriting Practices of Music Therapists
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While researchers have documented the efficacy of clinical songwriting in music therapy, limited research has been conducted on songs composed by music therapists that address clinical goals. The purpose of this research was to examine the original songwriting practices of music therapists. Profe...
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Effects of music therapy on COVID-19 patients’ anxiety, depression, and life quality
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Background: Whether music therapy improves coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients’ anxiety, depression, and life
quality are still controversial. Therefore, to provide evidence-based medical evidence for clinical non-pharmacological interventions,
we performe...
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Attunement in Music Therapy for Young Children with Autism: Revisiting Qualities of Relationship as Mechanisms of Change
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This study examined whether musical and emotional attunement predicts changes in improvisational music therapy with children with autism (4-7 years, N = 101, majority: no/limited speech, low IQ), assessed over 12 months. Attunement, as observed from session videos, and changes in generalized soci...
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The Effect of Music on the Human Stress Response
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Music listening has been suggested to beneficially impact health via stress-reducing effects. However, the existing literature presents itself with a limited number of investigations and with discrepancies in reported findings that may result from methodological shortcomings (e.g. small...
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