Alegent Health, Omaha, Neb., and Chip Davis, the Grammy Award-winning composer and musician, have launched a $1.5 million research project to explore the potential effects of a new technique called ambient therapy on patient health, recovery experience and satisfaction. Ambient therapy combines specially-recorded sounds of nature with distinctive music content to provide patients with a new "perceptual reality." This environment, designed to be soothing and comforting, may counteract feelings of pain, anxiety and isolation that can interfere with the healing process.
