From: iriXx (iriXx@iriXx.org)
Date: Tue Jun 15 2010 - 12:02:59 EDT
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From: owner-cec-conference@concordia.ca
[mailto:owner-cec-conference@concordia.ca] On Behalf Of Kevin Austin
Sent: Wednesday, 16 June 2010 1:45 AM
To: cec-conference@concordia.ca
Subject: Fwd: [AUDITORY] Fwd: recordings of screaming children?
Begin forwarded message:
> From: valeriy shafiro <firosha@gmail.com>
> Date: 2010 June 15 11:29:33 AM EDT
> To: Kevin Austin <kevin.austin@videotron.ca>
> Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Fwd: recordings of screaming children?
>
> Dear Kevin,
>
> This is a very interesting, if somewhat non intuitive, way to releif
> pain -- if it actually works. There is a number of searchable
> websites where sounds such as these can be obtained, often freely.
>
> Here are some: labrosa.ee.columbia.edu/dpwe-bin/sfxlist.cgi;
> findsounds.com, sound-effects-library.com, sonomic.com. Brina Gygi
> and I are also putting together a database specifically for research
> purposes DESRA.org but that's not yet fully functional.
>
> Here's also a link to a paper that may have some additional resources:
> http://www.rushu.rush.edu/cds/arl/Publications/BAR112.pdf
>
> Best,
>
> Valeriy
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Kevin Austin <kevin.austin@videotron.ca>
wrote:
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> (from the phonography list)
>>>
>>>> To: phonography@yahoogroups.com
>>>> From: "felixbadanimal" <felixbadanimal@hotmail.com>
>>>> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:03:03 -0000
>>>> Subject: [phonography] recordings of screaming children?
>>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>> sorry for the extremely random nature of this post... my Dad is a GP
and just sent me this email:
>>>>
>>>> -----------
>>>>
>>>> I have a charming patient with chronic pain in his neck arms and
shoulders with no releif from neurosurgery who has found that he gets
extra-ordinary releif from the sound of screaming children. In the absence
of progress with the pain clinics and the neurosurgeon he is keen to explore
the "sound therapy" avenue further.
>>>>
>>>> -----------
>>>>
>>>> I know it is a bit strange and random but as an arthritis patient
myself, I can understand the craziness of being in constant pain and the
need for relief... and perhaps even the outlet that the sound of full-on
screaming might provide? I am intrigued that sound may play a part in easing
this man's pain, but I have no idea where I may find screaming recordings,
and it's not the easiest thing to either explain or set up since it poses a
few ethical problems, and maybe not everyone would be sympathetic to the
idea.
>>>>
>>>> I thought I would consult you open-minded folks to see if you had any
views or ideas about where I could find such recordings, or how I could set
something like this up, and whether or not any of you have been approached
with similar requests...
>>>>
>>>> Any leads on finding recordings of screaming children greatly
appreciated...
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, F
>>
>>
>> I would be interested in hearing from the AUDITORY community as to why
this form of therapy [would] work[s].
>>
>> Kevin
>>
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