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Sep 30, 2024 · 1. Create music-free zones or times in your day, especially when you need to focus on complex tasks. 2. Be mindful of the emotional impact of your music choices. If you find certain songs consistently bringing you down, it might be time to refresh your playlist. 3. Keep the volume at a reasonable level to protect your hearing and brain health. 4.
One of the most obvious ways music may be bad for your health is through explicit or offensive lyrics. Music encouraging violence, misogyny, racism, drug misuse, or other undesirable behaviors can harm listeners, particularly impressionable young people. Exposure to such information may normalize unethical conduct or promote negative ...
- The Deliverer. This is the person who selected and/or provided the music. Consider the qualifications and training of this individual, their purpose for delivering the music, their level of cultural humility and awareness, and their personality characteristics.
- The Recipient. This is the person who receives the music. It can be the same person as the deliverer (i.e., through self-selected music) or someone different.
- The Music. This relates to how the music was delivered, how long it lasted, how loud it was, and how it was selected.
- The Context. This includes the current setting (Was this in a hospital? At home? School? In a public space?) , sociocultural norms and expectations, and how the music was delivered (by an individual or a group).
- Overstimulation
- Hearing Loss
- Memory Triggering
- Emotional Flooding
- Anxiety
If you want to see me cringe, show me a picture of an infant wearing headphones or an expectant mother lovingly holding headphones around her belly. Why do I cringe? Because in both situations, the child is not developmentally ready to process the intensity of the sound stimulus. It's too much. It's for this reason that music therapists who work in...
Speaking of headphones… I wonder if we'll see a spike in hearing loss in the coming decades given the increasingly ubiquitous use of headphones and earbuds. There is ample evidence supporting the connection between loud music concerts and hearing loss. What about the intense loud noises that emanate so closely to our eardrums? The development of ou...
Music is second only to smell for its ability to trigger memories. This is due in part to a long evolutionary tradition that connects a need to process sound quickly in order to survive. Clinically, there are certain situations where this can be incredibly powerful, as in cases where dementiais involved and a well-known song creates a moment of luc...
Several years ago I guest-facilitated a support group for caregivers. As I was not their primary group facilitator, I intended to keep the session more superficial, with a primary focus on educating participants about music therapyand the services offered at the hospital. As with most of my educational sessions, I incorporated a song. Several parti...
Music is not a one-size-fits-all experience. Not everyone likes music. And very few people like every type of music. In fact, most people I have talked with have certain genres, songs, or artists on their personal "no listen" list. Hearing that song, artist, or genre—even in an open public space—can induce negative responses physiologically and/or ...
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Sep 30, 2020 · What emerged was a model with six major factors identified. Each factor provides a way of understanding how music can cause harm, which also speaks to points at which harm can be prevented. The ...
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Jun 25, 2016 · 250. It’s hard to assert the case that music is detrimental to youth anymore. From Elvis to gangsta rap and beyond, parents have sought to pin a litany of problems on our favorite pop stars (drug use, “Satanic panic,” and wanton violence, to name a few) even though no reputable scientific research has shown these fears to be merited.
