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Susan Abdi
Cochlear Implant Clinic of the Hearing Research Center, IranTitle: Improving Brain Activity by Music A Link Between Hearing and Brain
Abstract
Objectives: The clinical application of
music to treat a wide range of diagnoses using physiological and medical
approaches has advanced dramatically over the past decade. It is proving to be
an effective clinical tool for treating medical diagnoses such as Alzheimer's
disease, Dementia, and more. Identifying sound properties that enhance neural
tracking of the musical beat is timely, given the growing use of rhythmic
auditory stimulation for the clinical rehabilitation of cognitive and motor
neurological disorders.
Materials and
methods: In a longitudinal study, all the children who
have been undergone cochlear implantation are potential candidates for this
training program, if they and their parents are inclined. The first step of
this program is the standard Orff method used for teaching music to normal
children. In the second step, for older children who have shown enthusiasm to
playing music, there is a special training course in Se-Tar (a traditional
Iranian percussion instrument). The measured endpoints are rhythm
understanding, frequency understanding, melody memory, and speech tonality.
Results: All children who have entered
the music training programs and have significant improvements in their daily
communications as well as the desired endpoints. We have introduced this
approach a couple of years ago, and know it is completely incorporated in our
routine habilitation program. There is growing interest among scientists in the
effects of music on the brain and relationship between music and brain.
Conclusion: Neuroplasticity helps us
develop new skills and refine them with practice; a lack of stimulation makes
the auditory pathways inefficient. This can limit the hearing of an individual
as much as hearing loss itself. On the other hand, auditory pathways that
receive lots of stimulation run more smoothly and efficiently. This doesn’t
change the hearing loss, but it improves the way the brain processes the sound
that does get in, and help “hear” better.
Biography
Susan Abdi is an audiological scientist: contributing to foundation of
the Cochlear Implant Clinic of the Hearing Research Center. This center has
been the first to accomplish cochlear implantation in Iran (first implantation
in 1991). Designing and implementing the research-clinical practice program in
the CI clinic and the first Audiologist in Iran to accomplish the
rehabilitation of cochlear implant & fitting patients. She has been
involved in research related to cochlear implantation more than 20 years and
has numerous articles on outcomes with cochlear implants. She is also a frequent
contributor and invited speaker at national and international conferences.
Hearing Health Advocate (HHA) in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Introducing training
music as new rehabilitation approach for children with Cochlear Implants as
well as drawing. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2001 Jun 7;59(2):105-13.
(Primary Author). Scientific activity is dedicated to all aspects of cochlear
implantation but also in audiology and neuroaudiology various subjects dealing
with hearing & auditory neuropathy, the auditory health of older people, newborns
hearing and music.
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