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Preferred music-listening level in musicians and non-musicians

PLOS ONE, 2022
The purpose of this study was to establish whether preferred music-listening level differed between musicians and non-musicians, and whether preferred music-listening level was related to music genre preference and lifetime noise exposure. Seventeen musicians (mean age = 29.06 years, SD = 4.74; female n = 9) and 17 non-musicians (mean age = 28.94 years,
Antonia Olivia Dolan, Emanuele Perugia, Karolina Kluk   +2 more
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Conventional and Musician-Specific Hearing Protection Devices on Speech Intelligibility

Acoustics, 2023
(1) Background: To assess and compare speech intelligibility with conventional and universal musician-specific hearing protection devices (HPD); (2) Methods: The sample comprised 15 normal-hearing musicians of both sexes who had been professionals for ...
Giovanna Cardoso Pinto, Clayton Henrique Rocha, Carla Gentile Matas, Alessandra Giannella Samelli   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee, Holly Evans, Claire E. Wakefield, Antoinette Anazodo, Richard J. Cohn, Brittany C. McGill, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Lori Wiener, Madeleine L. Juhrmann, Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wellbeing for young elite musicians: development of a health protocol from a student perspective

Frontiers in Psychology
Musicians’ vulnerability to psychological and physical problems provides a compelling argument to include health and wellbeing training in music education. This study forms part of a larger project to design an evidence-based wellbeing protocol for young
Ann Shoebridge, Margaret S. Osborne, Margaret S. Osborne   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Church Musician as Steward of the Mysteries [PDF]

, 1996
(Excerpt) It hardly comes as a surprise to most that in the midst of the confusion generated, on the one hand, by proponents of a rigid representation of worship practices or, on the other hand, by the downright liturgical silliness perpetuated by those ...
Schalk, Carl
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Perceptions and predictions of expertise in advanced musical learners [PDF]

, 2010
The aim of this article was to compare musicians' views on (a) the importance of musical skills and (b) the nature of expertise. Data were obtained from a specially devised web-based questionnaire completed by advanced musicians representing four musical
Creech, Andrea, De Bezenac, Christophe, de Bezenac, Christophe, Duffy, Celia, Haddon, Elizabeth, Himonides, Evangelos, Morton, Frances, Papageorgi, Ioulia, Potter, John, Welch, Graham, Whyton, Tony   +10 more
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Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Integrative Neuromuscular Training for Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often exhibit early deficits in muscle and movement competence, which can compromise long‐term health. Integrative neuromuscular training (INT), a multifaceted approach combining fundamental movement activities with strength exercises, may help address these deficits during ...
Anna Maria Markarian, Robert U. Newton, Dennis R. Taaffe, Nicholas G. Gottardo, Santosh Valvi, Carolyn J. Peddle‐McIntyre, Jodie Cochrane Wilkie, Daniel A. Galvão   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cathodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Improves Focal Hand Dystonia in Musicians: A Two-Case Study

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2017
Focal hand dystonia (FHD) in musicians is a movement disorder causing abnormal movements and irregularities in playing. Since weak electrical currents applied to the brain induce persistent excitability changes in humans, cathodal tDCS was proposed as a ...
Sara Marceglia, Sara Marceglia, Simona Mrakic-Sposta, Simona Mrakic-Sposta, Manuela Fumagalli, Roberta Ferrucci, Roberta Ferrucci, Francesca Mameli, Maurizio Vergari, Sergio Barbieri, Sergio Barbieri, Alberto Priori, Alberto Priori, Alberto Priori   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental Robot Musicians

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 2003
In conclusion, the research directions described above should make the experience of designing robot musicians a breath-taking experiment. We envision that a fully functional robot orchestra can be established in the near future, which will play not only simple tunes, but also masterpieces. Several instruments of the P.A.M.
Sobh, Tarek M., Coble, Kurt W., Wang, Bei   +2 more
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