Music Therapy Gaining Ground in India Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/02/stories/2008110254610500.htm CHENNAI, INDIA, November 2, 2008: Music therapy as a potential supplement to the management of neurological disorders is gaining ground across major hospitals in India. In a lecture Saturday, Dr. Krishnamoorthy Srinivas of the Institute of Neurological Sciences said that India is starting to catch up with the West in the use of music for healing. He recommended establishing a music therapy clinic at every major hospital, though he cautioned against regarding it as a panacea. Dr. Srinivas drew from Western studies as well as his own research on neurology patients to reinforce the clinical utility of music. An interesting development is that although speech is commonly thought to represent the highest form of human expression, some neuroscientists are starting to think that silence may be a few levels higher as far as brainwaves as concerned.
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