MUSIC TO REPEL FEAR
DENTIST'S RADIO CHAIR A MERICAN EXPERIMENTS SYDNEY, Aus".'st 21. Experiments in the United States, designed to dispel fear in the dentist's chair, by the provision of music for the patient, were mentioned at the Dental Congress yesterday in a paper submitted on behalf of Dr. Elmer S. Best, of America, and Dr. Knute N. Simmons. Tests, it was stated, had shown that different types of music had different reactions on individuals. The Toreador song from "Carmen," for example, increased the functions of the system in its relation to the heart and the blood vessels, while, conversely, a lullaby played on a violin had a calming and soothing effect. Experiments were now approaching completion, ft was stated, with "radio chairs." These had a device built into the head rest for the transmission of music to a patient, with faciilties for the lowering or raising of the volume of music, or the discontinuance of it, as the patient wished. The aim was to divert the patient's attention from the work being done on the teeth, by side-tracking unpleasant sounds and carrying to the auditory senses only pleasant and soothing sounds.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19423, 7 September 1937, Page 13
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192MUSIC TO REPEL FEAR Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19423, 7 September 1937, Page 13
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