EFFECTS OF BINAURAL-BEAT STIMULATION ON RECOVERY FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN Journal HEMI-SYNC® INJURY: A PILOT STUDY Vol. XXIII Summer/Fall 2005 Nos. 3 & 4 A Research and Educational Publication of The Monroe Institute by Signe Klepp, OT Signe Klepp is an occupational therapy specialist in Kristiansand, Norway, with ten years of experience in rehabilitating people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). She is also a trained communicologist and runs her own firm, giving special- ized health education. Communicology correlates vast amounts of information, knowledge, and concepts with the goal of identifying “master keys,” the active ingredi- ents in communication and change. In this paper, Signe examines whether Hemi- Sync® can make a difference in the long-term rehabilitation of people with old TBI. She can be contacted at amps@kleppconsult.no Abstract Patients suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) lose the ability to structure their own life. Rehabilitation is expensive in time, money, and effort. A noninvasive, patient-controlled IN THIS ISSUE method, binaural-beat auditory stimulation, may elicit changes in states of consciousness and mood. This study assesses the feasi- EFFECTS OF BINAURAL-BEAT bility and efficacy of using this method to improve self-esteem, STIMULATION ON RECOVERY quality of life, and function of daily living for persons suffering FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: from old TBI. A PILOT STUDY
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Occupational therapy specialist Signe Klepp has observed Introduction that people suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in the need for lifelong eventually reach a “plateau” in their recovery. In her search rehabilitation because of loss of memory, reduced ability to con- for interventions to help TBI patients move beyond that centrate, reduced ability to organize and plan, and lack of initia- plateau, Signe introduced Hemi-Sync. tive. The interventions we have today are helping patients to structure their lives and to rehabilitate themselves cognitively. PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR These methods are expensive in time, money, and effort. REGISTRATION . . . iv This investigator has worked with TBI in post-acute recov- ery and long-term rehabilitation since 1995, experiencing fully GROUP THERAPY FOR SEVERELY the challenges of cognitive rehabilitation and the expenses relat- TRAUMATIZED REFUGEES WITH A ed to effort, time, and cost. This work has identified a need for FOCUS ON SLEEP DISORDERS noninvasive adjunctive interventions that are less expensive, con- Ursula Fürstenwald and a colleague discover that trolled by the client, and perceived as helpful by the client. Hemi-Sync is a useful addition to their therapy The Monroe Institute in Faber, Virginia, has developed a regimen for abused and tortured refugees. . . . v technology with binaural auditory beats embedded in music that
research suggests may elicit changes in states of consciousness © 2005 The Monroe Institute 365 Roberts Mountain Road, Faber, VA 22938 434/361-1252 HEMI-SYNC® JOURNAL and mood. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 There are no known rigorous scientific cutoff on process skills mean decreased efficiency, safety, and/or projects in the field of traumatic brain injury, but anecdotal evi- independence. The computer-generated AMPS Graphic Report dence exists. 7, 8 is interpreted as follows: Using sound for healing dates from man’s earliest records. Improvements of at least 0.5 logits [a measurement specific Available today are specially created music tapes and CDs to the AMPS instrument] between Test 1 and Test 2 on either (Hemi-Sync) that have binaural beats embedded to produce an AMPS motor or process skill scale indicate that the client’s ADL auditory brain-stem response. The binaural beats are generated motor or ADL process ability has changed to a degree that has when two tones of slightly different frequencies are presented clinical and statistical meaning (i.e., improved occupational per- simultaneously, one in each ear, preferably through headphones. formance). It is hypothesized that the brain integrates the two signals to pro- Improvements of 0.3 or 0.4 logits between Test 1 and Test 2 duce a third sound referred to as a binaural beat. may not be statistically significant, but may still be clinically meaningful in terms of improved occupational performance.