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Music as a health intervention is becoming more popular in a clinical setting. We present how a previously tested sound frequencies, referred to as binaural beats, supplements cognitive and psychobiological interventions to support individuals who have experienced anxiety, sleep, and other health concerns.
My Sound Wellbeing ran the first-of-its-kind, pilot Randomized Control Trial in a cross-cultural, population, aged 18-40 using a binaural sound frequency - for the public (outside of a hospital setting).
Compared to the placebo (general sound), those who received the My Sound intervention (binaural frequency) experienced the following outcomes within a 4-6 week period:
Improved sleep scores for those experiencing sleep difficulties as measured by the Clinical Insomnia Sleep Index (ISI) Questionnaire. Participants also reported that they had a reduction in their anxiety levels as rated by the Clinical Anxiety Questionnaire (Kessler K10), and improved concentration as measured by an economic task.
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Numerous studies have reported that binaural-beat exposure leads to psychophysiological changes.
For instance, theta/delta-band frequencies have been used successfully to reduce anxiety levels (Isik, Esen, Büyükerkmen, Kilinç, & Menziletoglu, 2017; Le Scouarnec et al., 2001; McConnell, Froeliger, Garland, Ives, & Sforzo, 2014; Padmanabhan, Hildreth, & Laws, 2005; Wahbeh, Calabrese, Zwickey, & Zajdel, 2007b; Weiland et al., 2011), and increase creativity (Reedijk, Bolders, & Hommel, 2013).
Four studies explored the effectiveness of the binaural beats on anxiety levels. Padmanabhan et al. (2005) and Wahbeh et al. (2007b) studied the effect of theta-frequency binaural beats on anxiety measured by the State/Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) obtaining a significant reduction in anxiety scores compared to the control group, as well as an
increase in quality of life scores.
Binaural beats have also been
associated with improvements in attention and vigilance tasks (Colzato, Barone, Sellaro, & Hommel, 2017a; Hommel, Sellaro, Fischer, Borg, & Colzato, 2016; Lane, Kasian, Owens, & Marsh, 1998; Reedijk, Bolders, Colzato, &
Hommel, 2015), long- and short-term memory (Beauchene
et al., 2016; Beauchene et al., 2017; Colzato, Steenbergen, & Sellaro, 2017b; Garcia-Argibay, Santed, & Reales, 2017; Kennerly, 1994; Kraus & Porubanová, 2015; Ortiz et al., 2008; Wahbeh, Calabrese, & Zwickey, 2007a), and perceived pain (Dabu-Bondoc, Vadivelu, Benson, Perret, & Kain, 2010; Ecsy, Jones, & Brown, 2017; Zampi, 2016)..
Based on a large metanalysis,
Garcia‐Argibay (2019) observed that overall, specific binaural-beat frequency exposure affected the performance in memory tasks over time.
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