First of all, I am really sorry for not responding sooner. I would be happy if you could read this contribution. I am writing about "therapy with natural sounds and sounds in life" that I mentioned before.
Mr. Takashi Uchikawa, who was a PT at Shimabara-Onsen Hospital in Japan, started practicing this therapy in 1985. He named it Sound Stimulation Therapy and he practiced it with more than 30 clients who had had strokes. The important thing about Sound Stimulation Therapy is to be practiced only once with a client because it has to be stimulation. The clients who have been operated on 3 to 4 months ago are tired of their rehabilitations and most of them are giving up on their lives. It is expected to be not only effective to encourage their rehabilitations but improve their lives.
The following is what Mr. Uchikawa mentioned. He said that it should be practiced by darkening the room so that clients can use their imaginations. The clients listen to a few sound programs that he chooses for each of them from a Japanese radio program, called "Soundscape." ("Soundscape" is a 5-minute program including Japanese sounds such as the sound of flowing water, the sound of trains, and the sound of a festival). Listening to those sounds, he talks with clients about them; then their memories may emerge.
I feel great regret that Mr. Uchikawa has retired and Sound Stimulation Therapy is not practiced now. Do you think this therapy is valuable?
Akiko
Reference
Uchikawa, Takashi (2002). Soundscape and Rehabilitation. Johns 2002 Vol.18 No.6 Tokyo Medical Co. Ltd.
First of all, I am really sorry for not responding sooner. I would be happy if you could read this contribution. I am writing about "therapy with natural sounds and sounds in life" that I mentioned before.
Mr. Takashi Uchikawa, who was a PT at Shimabara-Onsen Hospital in Japan, started practicing this therapy in 1985. He named it Sound Stimulation Therapy and he practiced it with more than 30 clients who had had strokes. The important thing about Sound Stimulation Therapy is to be practiced only once with a client because it has to be stimulation. The clients who have been operated on 3 to 4 months ago are tired of their rehabilitations and most of them are giving up on their lives. It is expected to be not only effective to encourage their rehabilitations but improve their lives.
The following is what Mr. Uchikawa mentioned. He said that it should be practiced by darkening the room so that clients can use their imaginations. The clients listen to a few sound programs that he chooses for each of them from a Japanese radio program, called "Soundscape." ("Soundscape" is a 5-minute program including Japanese sounds such as the sound of flowing water, the sound of trains, and the sound of a festival). Listening to those sounds, he talks with clients about them; then their memories may emerge.
I feel great regret that Mr. Uchikawa has retired and Sound Stimulation Therapy is not practiced now. Do you think this therapy is valuable?
Akiko
Reference
Uchikawa, Takashi (2002). Soundscape and Rehabilitation. Johns 2002 Vol.18 No.6 Tokyo Medical Co. Ltd.