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
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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.
Anecdotal Evidence Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) Case A: In the autumn of 2000, a Hemi-Sync MIND This is a health-related quality-of-life measure. SF-3610 is a FOOD® Concentration CD was given to a young man, age twen- generic health-status measure providing information for nine ty, in the rehabilitation ward of the hospital. He listened to it different aspects of health status: Physical Functioning, Role daily for a period. He suffered from TBI after a traffic accident. Physical, Bodily Pain, General Health, Vitality, Social After being released from the hospital several months later, he Functioning, Role Emotional, Mental Health, and Reported completed his studies (basic computer science) according to Health Transition. Higher scores indicate a better health state. schedule, within seven months after hospitalization he got Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) through the exam, and he has now entered new studies. He is the PANAS11 is a self-evaluation scale and provides reliable and only person the investigator knows who has completed school largely independent measures of Positive Affect (PA) and and continued to study after a serious TBI. The going was rough, Negative Affect (NA), regardless of the subject population stud- but he made it and is still making it. ied or the time frame and response format used. PA—but not Case B: A male pensioner, age seventy-six, suffered a fall and NA—is related to social activity, exercise, and satisfaction and to