Musicians On Call volunteers and staff have seen the healing power of music up close. We’ve heard countless testimonies from patients, family, and hospital staff who’ve seen our music programs positively impact their well-being and time in the hospital. Click below to view resources on the different ways music can help in the healing process.
Now we are building new partnerships and resources, aimed at collecting data and identifying research that documents the impact of live and recorded music programs on hospital patients and healthcare environments.
“The majority of respondents reported positive emotional states after the music: 82% of respondents stated that listening to the music helped them to relax, 59% stated that hearing the music made them feel happier, 47% felt more positive, 29% felt more energised and 19% felt part of a group. A small minority 3% of respondents felt less pain as a result of listening to the live music.“
“Music has demonstrated through research that it can help restore lost speech like in the case of former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, reduce the side effects of cancer therapy, aid in pain relief and improve the quality of life for dementia patients, as evidenced by the documentary “Alive Inside,” to name a few of the many benefits.”
“The researchers found that patients who listened to music either before, during or after surgery had less pain, took less pain medication and were less anxious after surgery. The effects lasted more than four hours following the operation, and were greater for patients who grooved out before their surgery.”
“The results of single studies suggest that music listening may reduce the need for anesthetics and analgesics, as well as decreased recovery time and duration of hospitalization, but more research is needed for these outcomes," according to Bradt and her co-authors.”
“Stefan Koelsch, a professor of music psychology at Freie University, in Berlin, and his colleagues expanded on previous studies suggesting that positive moods encouraged by music can maintain healthy physiological responses to stress. Their resultant study, published in the journal Nature Research, found that the release of cortisol among subjects listening to music heightened their abilities to react and overcome stressful situations.”
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