CBS - NEW
YORK - A singer all his life, in June of 2001 Jeremy
Deliotte was the victim of a crime that left him hospitalized
and unconscious for months. Yet, he never lost his spirit.
Now, at the Beth Abraham Institute for Music and Neurologic
Function in the Bronx, music therapy is an official part
of his rehabilitation and healing.
Jeremy says, “It was like a vehicle to reach inside
to go inside and find what I was feeling. It wasn't anger;
it was gratitude. It really was.”
Dr. David Ramsey, the assistant director of music therapy
at the Institute, says, “The music here is personal
ownership. It's personal expression and it's rehabilitation
all at the same time.”
There is no question that music has the power to heal.
And there's scientific evidence to prove it.
“If you're stimulating almost every key component
of our brain at one time, you have a way of reaching areas
of the brain that are still functioning,” says Dr.
Concetta Tomaino, director of the Beth Abraham Institute
for Music and Neurologic Function.
Many of the instruments are modified to accommodate patients
with different disabilities. Jeremy is back to singing.
He's writing and producing his own album. The road has
not always been easy but the music has brought him hope.
Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation.
Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound. — Kabir
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