Effects of Recorded Music on Clinical and Electroencephalography (EEG) Seizure Activity
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
This research is being done to determine if Mozart music and/or age-appropriate music can reduce the frequency of seizures and epileptiform discharges.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 4
Maximum Age: 17
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Children (age: 4 - 17 years old) who stay at Epilepsy Monitoring Units (EMU) up to 7 days may join.
Locations
United States
Maryland
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
RECRUITING
Baltimore
Contact Information
Primary
Sarah Kelley, MD
saminof1@jhmi.edu
4109559100
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-04-22
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-03-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 10
Treatments
Experimental: Children with Epilepsy
Children (age: 4- 17 years old) will participate in this study, and they will listen to Mozart K.448 (1st movement) and instrumental age-appropriate song with 10 minutes wash out in between, each lasting up to 9 minutes in the daytime (between 1-5 pm). The music stimuli will be randomly played in 2 to 7 days during the EMU stay (average 4 days). Music will be delivered via single-use earbuds.
Sponsors
Leads: Johns Hopkins University