Subject: Re: Fwd: recordings of screaming children? From: "Gaab, Nadine" <Nadine.Gaab@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:47:34 -0400 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>I am happy to volunteer my daughter (3 months old) ;o) Nadine -- "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" A. Einstein (1879-1955) Nadine Gaab, PhD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School Member of the Faculty of Education Harvard Graduate School of Education Children's Hospital Boston Department of Medicine Division of Developmental Medicine Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience Office 611 1 Autumn Street, Mailbox # 713 Boston, MA 02115 nadine.gaab@xxxxxxxx phone: (857)-218-3021 Main Lab: 617-355-0400 fax: 617-730-0518 http://www.childrenshospital.org/research/gaab or check out: http://www.childrenshospital.org/research/gaablab or take a look at the Mind/Brain/Behavior Interfaculty Initiative http://mbb.harvard.edu/faculty/faculty.php -----Original Message----- From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Luca Del Bo tel. 02 48011361 Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:17 AM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Fwd: recordings of screaming children? Has this nice patient also tinnitus? luca -- Ing. Luca Del Bo Del Bo tecnologia per l'ascolto SRL Via Lanzone 36, 20123 - Milano (Italy) PIVA 01189420050 Tel: +39 02 4801 1361 - Mob: +39 335 5395 273 - Skype: sordita.it Kevin Austin ha scritto: > Begin forwarded message: > > >> (from the phonography list) >> >> >>> To: phonography@xxxxxxxx >>> From: "felixbadanimal" <felixbadanimal@xxxxxxxx> >>> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:03:03 -0000 >>> Subject: [phonography] recordings of screaming children? >>> >>> Hello all, >>> sorry for the extremely random nature of this post... my Dad is a GP and just sent me this email: >>> >>> ----------- >>> >>> I have a charming patient with chronic pain in his neck arms and shoulders with no releif from neurosurgery who has found that he gets extra-ordinary releif from the sound of screaming children. In the absence of progress with the pain clinics and the neurosurgeon he is keen to explore the "sound therapy" avenue further. >>> >>> ----------- >>> >>> I know it is a bit strange and random but as an arthritis patient myself, I can understand the craziness of being in constant pain and the need for relief... and perhaps even the outlet that the sound of full-on screaming might provide? I am intrigued that sound may play a part in easing this man's pain, but I have no idea where I may find screaming recordings, and it's not the easiest thing to either explain or set up since it poses a few ethical problems, and maybe not everyone would be sympathetic to the idea. >>> >>> I thought I would consult you open-minded folks to see if you had any views or ideas about where I could find such recordings, or how I could set something like this up, and whether or not any of you have been approached with similar requests... >>> >>> Any leads on finding recordings of screaming children greatly appreciated... >>> >>> Cheers, F >>> > > > I would be interested in hearing from the AUDITORY community as to why this form of therapy [would] work[s]. > > > Kevin > > >