Music Therapy
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Shining Through: Amy Grant, ’82, finds inspiration and purpose in the power of community
Amy Grant’s music is like a prism: multifaceted and capable of dazzling surprises at every turn. And just as with a prism, there’s something transformative about the way her music reveals its source of illumination. Her light, so to speak, comes not only from an abiding faith in God but from a belief in humanity’s goodness as well. Read MoreDec 23, 2014
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Vanderbilt study shows mother’s voice improves hospitalization and feeding in preemies
Premature babies who receive an interventional therapy combining their mother’s voice and a pacifier-activated music player learn to eat more efficiently and have their feeding tubes removed sooner than other preemies, according to a Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt study published today in… Read MoreFeb 17, 2014
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Stars line up to bring patients’ songs to life
Heartfelt songs penned by a group of patients of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt while working with their music therapist are being released May 14 worldwide on a compilation CD featuring some of Nashville’s top recording stars. Read MoreApr 18, 2013