Sound Healing Information, Science and Research

• The Research Foundation - SoundHealingResearchFoundation.org

• Andrew Weil, M.D., author, lecturer and founder of the Program in Integrative Medicine in Tucson, Arizona.
"The new science of psychacoustics — the study of the effect of music and sound on the human nervous system — shows that [frequency] can relieve pain, help stroke patients, and benefit other conditions."

• Deepak Chopra, M.D., author, lecturer, founder of the Chopra Foundation
"The body is held together by sound, and the presence of disease indicates that some sounds are out of tune… primordial sound is the mysterious link that holds the universe together in a web that is the quantum field."

• Jeffrey D. Thompson
Jeffrey has shown in his research that when you find and resonate your Root Soul frequency (he calls it the "Central Processor" frequency) all of the organs and systems in your body fall into alignment.

Dr. Thompson is the Founder/Director of the Center for Neuroacoustic Research in Carlsbad, California, a research center which is actualizing its vision of "Healing the Body*Heart*Mind and Spirit through the Scientific Application of Sound." Dr. Thompson is considered the world's premier sound healing researcher, brainwave entrainment expert, and high-tech personal transformation innovator, motivator and futurist. He is a physician/ musician, composer, inventor, educator and author. His work addresses harmony between the body/mind/spirit and is clinically proven to foster deep personal wellness and expansion of consciousness. Certified in multiple healthcare modalities, Dr. Thompson draws people nationally and internationally to his clinical practice and to his cutting-edge auditory, kinesthetic and visual therapeutic products and services.

• Alfred Tomatis Tomatis has done some of the extensive research on the ear. He discovered that you don't normally make frequencies with the voice that you don't hear. This is the basis of a lot of the voice analysis programs on the market. He has also shown that high frequencies activate and low frequencies calm. He has also studied the Stapedius muscle in the inner ear. It is the fastest muscle in the body and when not working well it is has been associated with learning disabilities and autism. There is a program called the Listening Program that helps activate this muscle to alleviate the problems associated with it.

Dr. Alfred Tomatis was the first ear specialist to develop a technique using modified music to stimulate the interconnections between the ear and the nervous system. (Thompson 2000.) In the 50 years of clinical experience and anecdotal evidence amassed by Dr. Tomatis, he showed that specific sound stimulation provided sensory improvements in a number of hearing conditions. (Thompson 2000.) During this time, our understanding of how the brain processed sound was limited.

Whilst Tomatis had significant success with his treatment, the scientific community was unsure of why it worked. New evidence of brain plasticity now suggests that one of the main reasons for his success is remapping of the auditory pathways in the brain. (Lockhart 2009, Lockwood 1999.)

We are researching and proving the effectiveness of Sound Healing and Therapy in order to bring it more into the mainstream (hospitals and homes). You will find a large database of Sound and Music Clinical Research Papers, Student Research Papers, and Sound Healing Articles and Videos. We also have Practitioner Database where you can find Sound Healing Practitioners offering their services. You can also include your services for free.

• The Medical Sound Association - www.MedicalSoundAssociation.com
The Medical Sound Association is a group of over 600 doctors and sound therapists coming together to develop detailed guidelines for carrying out research using sound and music to cure every disease in the world and bring sound into the Medical side of hospitals.

• The Sound Education Association - www.SoundEducationCenter.com
Home Schooling Based on Sound, Music, Geometry and Vibration. The Sound Healing Research Foundation received a $100,000 grant to develop a sound curriculum for children for two Montessori schools.

• Book: Tuning the Human Biofield: Healing with Vibrational Sound Therapy by Eileen Day McKusick
Eileen Day McKusick is a researcher, inventor, writer, educator and practitioner who has been studying the effects of audible acoustic sound on the human body since 1996, and is a pioneer in the fields of therapeutic sound, the human biofield, and the newly emerging field of electric health.

She is the originator of a unique sound therapy method called Biofield Tuning (formerly sound balancing) that uses tuning forks to detect and correct distortions and static in the biofield (human energy field/aura), and the author of the books "Tuning the Human Biofield: Healing with Vibrational Sound Therapy", and "Electric Body, Electric Health".

• John Stuart Reid - Acoustics-Physics Scientist & Inventor of the CymaScope

His CymaScope invention has forever changed the world's perception of sound by giving us the ability to "see" sound and better understand this ubiquitous aspect of life. His cymatics research, which is elevating this important new field in scientific and medical arenas, includes a study on differentiating between the sounds emitted by healthy cells and cancer cells, published in the journal Water.

"The role of sound in medical modalities is growing each year for drug-free therapies and for diagnostic applications, and is finding welcome support among many physicians, and in hospitals worldwide. I predict that Sound Therapy and Music Medicine will have an important role in the future of medicine, one that deserves to be developed and nurtured."

• Nikola Tesla
"Sound is a form of energy that propagates in waves and can have a tremendous impact on our reality." This statement comes from Nikola Tesla, the famous scientist and inventor, who dedicated a large portion of his career to exploring sound, frequency, and vibrations. "If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."

• Dr. Jeffrey D. Thompson, D.C., B.F.A., C.N.S.T. Diplomate, Director of the Center for Neuroacoustic Research at The California Institute for Human Science

"Since the human body is over seventy percent water and since sound travels five times more efficiently through water than through air, sound frequency stimulation directly into the body is a highly efficient means for total body stimulation, especially at the cellular level. Direct stimulation of living cellular tissue using sound frequency vibration has shown marked cellular metabolism and therefore a possible mobilization of a cellular healing response"

• Mitchell Gaynor, M.D., former Director of Medical Oncology and Integrative Medicine at Cornell Cancer Prevention Center in New York and author of The Healing Power of Sound.

"Music can have a powerful salutary effect on our cardio- vascular, immune, and nervous systems, not to mention our emotional and spiritual selves."

"Sounds permeate our systems, resonating with our essence, so that inner chaos, conflict, and dissonance seem almost immediately to be transformed into harmony."

"I believe unequivocally – and I've seen for myself the proof – that the use of sound is among the most powerful modalities ever embraced by twentieth-century practitioners."

"Through the process of entrainment, sound can transform negative, repressed emotions into a state of psychological equanimity that has direct and immediate effects on our physiology. Sonic entrainment can also restore harmony between our innermost selves – our essence and the universe, thus re-awakening our spiritual consciousness."

"When properly mobilized, sound can specifically entrain the human organism toward the greater harmony and homeostasis that it requires to remain vibrant and to regenerate after injury or illness. The properties of sound medicine -entrainment, harmony and homeostasis- represent the rational AND spiritual foundation for a new movement in the healing arts and sciences."

"Sound and music can help you develop your own intuitions which, in turn, can help you with your own healing. The human capacity for intuition and its effects on the body, on relationships, and on one's environment is not grounded on the occult or esoterica, but rather in hard scientific investigation by some of the great minds of physics and philosophy."

"If we accept that sound is vibration and we know that vibration touches every part of our physical being, then we understand that sound is heard not only through our ears but through every cell in our bodies. One reason sound heals on a physical level is because it so deeply touches and transforms us on the emotional and spiritual planes. Sound can redress imbalances on every level of physiological functioning and can play a positive role in the treatment of virtually any medical disorder."

• Grand Gongmaster Don Conreaux
According to Don Conreaux "The secret of the gong is its tremendous potential for healing and rejuvenation." "Because the gong covers the full spectrum of sound, it vibrates all the cells and bones and organs, some more than others, depending upon the pitch of the gong. You feel an influx of energy coming from it in your body as well as hear it."

"The gong is more accurately a force of energy, "like a divine engine, affecting the body's meridians. By and large, after it's over, you just feel great," he says. "You feel like you've been healed by the spirit of nature. And the wonderful thing about it is that the instruments heal the player while the player is playing the instrument."

• Fabien Maman
A French musician, acupuncturist and bio-energetician, devoted one and a half years studying the effects of sound on human cells. Experimenting with various acoustic sounds including the human voice, gong, acoustical guitar and xylophone, he found the vibrations actually transformed the cell structure. The human voice produced the most dramatic results - exploding cancer cells and energizing healthy ones; however, the rich overtones of the gong being played for 21 minutes also caused the cancer cells to disintegrate and ultimately explode.

• Jonathan Goldman
Sound healing pioneer, Director of the Sound Healers Association and the author of "Healing Sounds" and "The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing" states: "When we talk about sound healing, we're dealing with an energy, a power that has the ability to rearrange molecular structure."

• Jeralyn Glass
An internationally acclaimed singer, musician, and pioneering figure in the field of Sound Healing, who has been sharing the gift of music medicine with the world for decades. Starting her career on Broadway, she graced opera and concert stages across the globe, before making her mark in the world of holistic healing and music medicine. She offers a unique alchemical blend of classical music, meditation, and high vibrational sound.

Jeralyn's innovative creation, The Sacred Science of Sound®, is a groundbreaking educational platform offering cutting-edge information on Quantum Science, Vibrational Medicine, Bio-energetics, crystalline sound and the healing power of music through conversations, master classes, summits, events, and an App called Source releasing late 2023. Jeralyn helps people facilitate healing and transformation with the power of music and sacred frequencies that nourish our bodies, connect us with our hearts, and awaken our consciousness.

She founded Crystal Cadence®, a dedicated sound healing studio housing the Los Angeles Crystal Tones Singing Bowl Temple of Alchemy.

• Music Medicine: Sound at a Cellular Level, Dr. Lee Bartel, TEDxCollingwood
Dr. Lee Bartel explores how sound can stimulate cells in your body and brain to reduce the impact of Fibromyalgia pain, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Depression, and even increase blood flow. https://soundhealingresearchfoundation.org

• Music and Health Science Research Collaboratory: https://mahrc.music.utoronto.ca

• https://mysoundtherapy.com - research and white papers resources

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16722953 - Nurses can teach patients how to use music to enhance the effects of analgesics, decrease pain, depression and disability, and promote feelings of power.

• https://soundhealingcenter.com - Sound and Music Research Information

• www.SoundHealingResearchFoundation.org/clinical-research - You can find over 500 clinical papers on Sound and Music on our Sound Healing Research Foundation site.

• https://soundhealingcenter.com/about-sound-healing - Research Articles

• Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.

• Sound Healing: Mood, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-Being Interrelationships.