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Music, Noise, and the Human Voice in the Nurse‐Patient Environment
Author(s) -
Pope Diana Spies
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1995.tb00890.x
Subject(s) - sound (geography) , perception , noise (video) , psychology , human voice , acoustics , communication , computer science , speech recognition , neuroscience , physics , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics)
Sound is an essential and constant component of the human environment. Nurses have a responsibility to therapeutically manipulate the environment, but some have not fully recognized the significance of noise, voice, or music in the nurse‐patient milieu. This literature review provides a starting point for new studies that acknowledge the perception of sound as well as the physiological and psychological effects of sound on patients' well‐being