@article{oai:mejiro.repo.nii.ac.jp:00001308,
 author = {矢島, 卓郎 and YAJIMA, Takuro},
 issue = {14},
 journal = {目白大学総合科学研究, Mejiro Journal of Social and Natural Sciences},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {pdf, This paper outlines that the development of systems used to convert music to vibration--a form of music therapy--, and its clinical research, and it considers the future outlook of the field.
This system was developed almost simultaneously in Japan and Norway in the 1980s. While in Norway the speaker vibration was used unaltered, in Japan a transducer was developed to convert acoustic signals of 16-150Hz, creating a system to convey low-frequency vibration. The development of sound stimulus systems in Japan is based on the bone conduction theory developed by Hideo Itokawa. Later, the Norwegian therapy system was developed into a vibration board. In both countries the vibration board was set up such that the therapy was conveyed to the human subject, whether in a bed, chair, etc. This type of therapy is known as Vibroacoustic Therapy and Music Therapy with Body Sensory Acoustic System in Norway and Japan respectively.
Patients treated with this type of apparatus include: people with mental disorders including depression; children with disabilities including organic brain damage; children with development disorders including autism; patients with dementia including Alzheimer’s, and more. Improvements in symptoms as a result of the treatment have been reported.
As the number of research projects--both basic and clinical--using sound stimulus equipment is currently in decline, this paper introduces research applying the use of the author’s equipment to children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities. In addition, in order to develop this therapy in areas other than medical fields, we have concluded that it is critical to enable the use of more reasonably-priced products at facilities for children with disabilities, the elderly, etc.},
 pages = {67--79},
 title = {体感音響装置による音楽療法の現状と展望 ─重症心身障害児者への更なる適用を目指して─},
 year = {2018}
}