Music is the thread that brings us all together....Dr. Deforia Lane, Director of Music Therapy at University Hospitals of Cleveland, knows the benefits of striking the right cord. She came to Augusta to spread the word about the benefits of every note, " we use music to help address the needs of those who have physical illness, mental illness, and we do it with the use of music in a very supportive way."
Music has been shown to affect portions of the brain. part of this therapy is the ability of music to affect emotions and social interactions, Lane, "it can help reduce pain it can help increase the communication between people help relax the body, but also the opposite energize it."
Dr. Lane is also concerned about the impact removing music programs from schools is having on students, "I think we give children a very valuable tool if we use and give them music. If we teach them how to play it, enjoy it how to listen to it, how to sing."
A music therapist uses music and all of its facets-physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual-to help clients improve or maintain their health, Dr. Lane, "we know that less medication is needed when music is apart of a daily protocol in a surgical unit. We've seen by using music in the back ground a certain amount of time, that those babies literally are discharged sooner, they have less oxygenation problems."
Music therapy can help children with communication problems, attention, motivation, and behavioral problems.
It starts inside the womb, surrounded by amniotic fluid, the fetus hears sounds. the mother's heartbeat, music, conversations, and environmental noises.
Dr. Lane, "we've seen some cognitive development differences in children who use music and if we loose that window of time when they are open and there brain cells are ready to capture what music can give, if we loose that they've lost."
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