Friday, December 16th, 2011

Treating Stress, Speech Disorders With Music

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More and more hospitals and clinics now offer music therapy as a supplementary treatment for everything from anxiety to Alzheimer’s, but its efficacy varies for different conditions. Neurologist Oliver Sacks and several music therapists discuss the science and practice of music therapy.

Guests

Oliver Sacks
Professor, Neurology and Psychiatry
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York

Concetta “Connie” Tomaino
Executive Director and Co-Founder, Institute for Music and Neurologic Function
Beth Abraham Family of Health Services
Bronx, New York

Joke Bradt
Associate Professor, Creative Arts Therapies Department
Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Andrew Rossetti
Music Therapist, Radiation Oncology
Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, New York

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