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The efficacy of music for stimulation in prolonged coma — four single case experiments

Research Department, Royal Hospital and Home, Putney, London — Psychology Department, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 5XH, UK

Siun M Cranny

Research Department, Royal Hospital and Home, Putney, London

Keith Andrews

Research Department, Royal Hospital and Home, Putney, London

Four pilot studies using single case experimental design were carried out to examine the immediate effect of music as a form of stimulation in the treatment of patients in persistent vegetative state. In two of the studies there were significant behaviour changes which suggested increased arousal, one showed decreased arousal after the stimulation period and one no change.

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 6, No. 3, 181-187 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/026921559200600301


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