![]() Year 4 honours students from the occupational therapy programme, Fidessa Ng and Bradley Lam assisted with the data collection for the study. Based on our current research, we can conclude that binaural beats may be useful towards relieving anxiety in some populations.” But one caveat was that the sample sizes for the physiological data were small.Īsst Prof Tay said, “Binaural beats have been used in some occupational therapy settings, but it is not widely used in Singapore. This pattern was also observed among participants who reported low positive affect before listening to the soundtracks. Similarly for physiological measurement, Asst Prof Tay found increased arousal – as indicated by the tests on skin conductance and greater heart rate variability – was observed among high-state anxiety participants when they listened to TENG’s music with binaural beats. Further analyses revealed that these observations may be specific to participants who reported the highest state anxiety at the beginning of the session,” said Asst Prof Tay. “We found that participants who listened to TENG’s music with binaural beats reported lower state-anxiety compared to those who listened to the audiobook. Among the 151 participants, 32 participants underwent physiological measurement. All participants complete a questionnaire to answer some socio-demographic and psychologic questions before and after listening. ![]() One group listened to TENG’s music with binaural beats, another group listened to TENG’s music without binaural beats, and the third group listened to an audiobook. In the study, 151 participants were randomised to three groups. He said, “I wanted to work with The TENG Company on this study because I could see the potential of incorporating binaural beats as an adjuvant therapy for allied health professionals.” Experiments that assess participant psychosocial well-being are methods relevant to the current study. However, Asst Prof Tay said that clinical applications for binaural beats should be investigated further and cannot completely replace traditional therapies for relieving stress.Īsst Prof Tay (left) conducts experimental studies to examine cognition and the effectiveness of interventions for psychosocial well-being. Researchers have also found that binaural beats can enhance certain aspects of human cognition such as visuospatial working memory. ![]() Asst Prof Tay said, “In one particular four-week study involving subjects in the military service, music embedded with binaural beats significantly reduced post-employment chronic stress in the subjects.” In the last decade, there have been studies that generally demonstrated support for binaural beats and their effectiveness in relieving stress. Musician and producer from The TENG Company working in the studio. At the end of the day, we did not want the prototypes to be musical per se but science-based and backed by research. After creating our prototypes – we created six soundscapes with a runtime of 30 minutes – I approached Asst Prof Tay because I wanted to work with an applied research psychologist on this project. I wanted the soundscapes to be suitable for very young listeners. Some therapists have used combinations of sounds from different instruments such as Tibetan singing bowls and gongs.īinaural beats therapy is considered a form of sound therapy and is unique in that two tones of different frequencies are presented separately to each ear, but the brain perceives these tones as a single tone.ĭr Wong said, “We created a journey of tones (from theta to delta patterns) to achieve a very comfortable listening experience. ![]() (Photo: TENG Company)Īsst Prof Tay explained that sound therapy uses musical instruments or tools that produce sounds of specific frequencies for the purpose of improving mental wellness. Dr Samuel Wong, co-founder and creative director of The TENG Company. ![]()
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