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>> HI, I'M ROHAN SHIRALI.
I'M FROM THE ACADEMIC MAGNET SCHOOL IN CHARLESTON,
SOUTH CAROLINA.
I DID MY STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC ACROSS
DIFFERENT STATES OF HEALTH.
SO THIS INVOLVED ME PLAYING GUITAR TO STUDENTS
AT ACADEMIC MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL AND PATIENTS AT MUSC
ACUTELY ILL AND CHRONICALLY ILL, CHRONIC ILL BEING THOSE THAT
WERE THERE EITHER MORE THAN ONCE OR FOR MORE THAN
A WEEK, AND ACUTELY ILL BEING THOSE THAT WERE NOT THERE
MORE THAN ONCE OR FOR MORE THAN A WEEK.
AND I PLAYED THREE SONGS TO EACH OF THE PATIENTS
AND I TOOK THEIR HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE BEFOREHAND,
AS WELL AS GIVING A SURVEY.
AND THEN I TOOK THEIR HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE
AND GAVE THEM THE SURVEY AGAIN AFTER THE MUSIC.
I LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENCES, FOUND THAT MY HYPOTHESIS
WAS PRETTY CORRECT, WHICH IS THAT THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC
ARE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT ACROSS DIFFERENT
STATES OF HEALTH.
WHICH IN MY MIND ADVOCATES A MORE WIDESPREAD USE OF MUSIC
THERAPY, PERHAPS NOT ONLY IN THE HOSPITAL,
BUT MAYBE IN THE SCHOOLS AND WORK PLACES AS WELL.
YEAH, I BECAME INTERESTED IN THIS WHEN I STARTED PLAYING
MUSIC TO KIDS AT THE HOSPITAL FOR VOLUNTEER HOURS
AND THEN DECIDED TO TURN IT INTO MY SENIOR THESIS
AT SCHOOL.
SO I'M PRETTY HAPPY WITH HOW IT TURNED OUT.
THANK YOU.