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Dec. 16, 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. |
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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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