PLN Week 8

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/musicinstinct/video/music-and-medicine/music-therapy-for-infants/76/

This link is from a PBS website that has many interesting articles on it. I picked this one because I find that music therapy is one category that is not delved into enough.

I went to a lecture last year for Phi Delta Epsilon on music therapy and was intrigued with the work the UH has been doing with infants. There are so many things that can go wrong with young kids that music can fix. It was this idea that stuck with me and the reason as to why I picked this article.

Music therapists have been able to recreate the sound of a mother's heartbeat so that a newborn can continue to hear it. The reason behind this is that the all the infant can hear when it is not born yet is its mother's heartbeat. This helps the fetus to learn how to nurse correctly.

The instrument that they use is called a Gato Box. When played with the hand, the sound that resonates from it is close to that of a mother's heartbeat. Thus a new born that is having trouble nursing will have an easier time.

I believe that it is imperative that music therapy be taught to our future adults. I firmly believe that music therapy holds a lot of keys to helping ailing people.