Fifteen profoundly handicapped clients ages 6-46 residing in a facility for the developmentally disabled served as subjects for this study. Subjects received four music therapy treatments; two with vibrotactile stimulation and two without. Each treatment consisted of four pre-recorded music conditions composed, recorded, and performed by the researcher. These were: pentatonic mode and bells, pentatonic mode and flute, major mode and bells, and major mode and flute. / Respirations and pulse rate served as physiological measures while observations of eye movement, facial expression, vocalizations, and motor movement served as behavioral measures. Deep inhalations were shown to increase significantly during musical stimulation. The type of musical stimulation did not affect these results. Statistically significant increases in vocalizations occurred during the major flute melody as compared with the major bells melody. The major flute melody was also significantly more effective in eliciting vocalizations when not accompanied with vibrotactile stimulation. In an examination of the order of presentation of melodies, the first melody elicited significantly more vocalization than the second melody which in turn elicited significantly more vocalizations than the third melody. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.) / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 31-01, page: 0023. / Major Professor: Jayne M. Standley. / Thesis (M.M.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77746 |
| Contributors | Kruse, Kelley Jo., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 74 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Masters Abstracts International |
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