A survey of U.S. health facilities by the Society for the Arts in Healthcare, along with the Joint Commission and Americans for the Arts, found that of the l,923 facilities, 35% offered some type of music to patients.
Among recent findings:
Patients on respirators in an intensive care unit who were exposed to Mozart's piano sonatas evidenced decreased stress hormones and increased growth hormones needed for healing, according to a study conducted at Harvard University Medical School and published in the journal "Critical Care Medicine."
Patients suffering from a severe stroke who were admited to a Finnish hospital and who listened to one hour of music daily recovered their verbal memory and experienced less depression, according to a study published in the journal "Brain."
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