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Sound Therapy / Binaural BeatsEvidence & Dosage

Frequencies, relaxation and sleep applications.

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Evidence at a glance

Total studies
678
With abstract
48
Meta / Systematic / RCT
133
Highly cited
50
Publication years
1973–2026

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Top studies on Sound Therapy / Binaural Beats

Ranked by influential-citation count and publication year.

  1. Music-based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia.

    Cochrane Database Syst Rev2018n=109Meta-Analysis160 influential citations

    <h4>Background</h4>Dementia is a clinical syndrome with a number of different causes which is characterised by deterioration in cognitive, behavioural, social and emotional functions. Pharmacological interventions are available but have…

  2. Music interventions for acquired brain injury.

    Cochrane Database Syst Rev2017n=775Meta-Analysis96 influential citations

    <h4>Background</h4>Acquired brain injury (ABI) can result in impairments in motor function, language, cognition, and sensory processing, and in emotional disturbances, which can severely reduce a survivor's quality of life. Music…

    Finding: Rhythmic auditory stimulation may improve gait velocity after stroke.

  3. The neural circuitry of pre-attentive auditory change-detection: an fMRI study of pitch and duration mismatch negativity generators.

    Cereb Cortex2005Clinical Trial89 influential citations

    Electrophysiological studies have revealed a pre-attentive change-detection system in the auditory modality. This system emits a signal termed the mismatch negativity (MMN) when any detectable change in a regular pattern of auditory…

  4. Brain stimulation techniques as novel treatment options for insomnia: A systematic review.

    J Sleep Res2023n=967systematic80 influential citations

    Despite the success of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia and recent advances in pharmacotherapy, many patients with insomnia do not sufficiently respond to available treatments. This systematic review aims to present the state of…

  5. Efficacy of binaural auditory beats in cognition, anxiety, and pain perception: a meta-analysis.

    Psychol Res2019n=22Meta-Analysis72 influential citations

    Binaural auditory beats are a perceptual phenomenon that occurs when presenting separately to each ear two tones that slightly differ in their frequency. It has been suggested that binaural beats can influence cognition and mental states…

  6. Auditory processing in severely brain injured patients: differences between the minimally conscious state and the persistent vegetative state.

    Arch Neurol2004n=38Clinical Trial66 influential citations

    <h4>Background</h4>The minimally conscious state (MCS) is a recently defined clinical condition; it differs from the persistent vegetative state (PVS) by the presence of inconsistent, but clearly discernible, behavioral evidence of…

  7. Music-based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia.

    Cochrane Database Syst Rev2017n=17Meta-Analysis65 influential citations

    <h4>Background</h4>Dementia is a clinical syndrome with a number of different causes which is characterised by deterioration in cognitive, behavioural, social and emotional functions. Pharmacological interventions are available but have…

    Finding: In people with dementia living in institutions, music-based therapeutic interventions probably reduce depressive symptoms at the end of treatment.

  8. Rhythmic auditory stimulation for reduction of falls in Parkinson's disease: a randomized controlled study.

    Clin Rehabil2019n=60RCT65 influential citations

    Objective: To test whether rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) training reduces the number of falls in Parkinson’s disease patients with a history of frequent falls. Design: Randomized withdrawal study design. Subjects: A total of 60…

  9. Auditory processing across the sleep-wake cycle: simultaneous EEG and fMRI monitoring in humans.

    Neuron2000Clinical Trial64 influential citations

    We combined fMRI and EEG recording to study the neurophysiological responses associated with auditory stimulation across the sleep-wake cycle. We found that presentation of auditory stimuli produces bilateral activation in auditory cortex,…

  10. Sound therapy (masking) in the management of tinnitus in adults.

    Cochrane Database Syst Rev2012n=553Systematic Review60 influential citations

    <h4>Background</h4>This is an update of a Cochrane Review first published in The Cochrane Library in Issue 12, 2010.Tinnitus is described as the perception of sound or noise in the absence of real acoustic stimulation. Numerous management…

Frequently asked

What dosage was studied?
• Music-based therapeutic interventions (active and receptive musical elements; individual or group) (At least 5 sessions) • Music interventions, including rhythmic auditory stimulation, singing, listening to music, playing instruments, composing, and combined music therapy (Varied across 29 trials; not reported as a single standardized dose) • Passive auditory oddball / change-detection paradigm comparing pitch and duration deviants
Are there safety considerations for Sound Therapy / Binaural Beats?
• No adverse events were reported in the excerpt. • No studies reported harmful effects. • Not reported. • Not reported

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