DD265326A5 - DEVICE FOR INFLUENCING A HUMAN BODY BY SOUND - Google Patents

Abstract

A device for influencing a human body by sound, contains a closed box with at least one shutter opening in which a speaker is arranged, which is directed towards said body; a padding disposed between the box and the body, said padding allowing air passage in the areas of the speakers; Means for supplying low frequency signals to said loudspeakers; one or a plurality of external speakers; Means for supplying music to said external speakers and means for influencing said low frequency signals in time with the music or in a predetermined function of music or in a predetermined rhythm. As a storage medium for the sound, a tape cassette or a compact disk can be used, in which at least one of the sound channels contains the mentioned influenced low-frequency signals in the frequency range of 30 ... 120 Hz and the remaining sound channels contain pure music. Fig. 1

Description

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Field of application of the invention

The present invention relates to a device for influencing a human body by sound with a storage medium, for example a tape cassette or a compact disk.

Characteristic of the known state of the art

The present invention is based on three basic principles of musical therapy, which state that low sounds produce relaxation, while higher sounds produce tension, rhythmic music causes activation, while non-rhythmic music leads to passivation and high Sound levels cause aggressive behavior, while low sound levels lead to passivation.

These principles have general validity, but there are exceptions. These principles have been demonstrated in prolonged therapeutic treatment of patients over a long period of time. The musical therapy has its basis in the music, which is recorded with the ear through the acoustic perception channels. The present invention has its basis in that music transmitted directly to the human body by vibratory receptors in the nervous system may have a greater effect, that is, it is capable of producing greater muscular relaxation. Through the combination of an acoustic perception of the perception of vibrations in a shared experience, according to the present invention, a therapeutic effect is achieved, which has an influence on the physical as well as on the psychic experience with respect to the patient. This combination is called vibration acoustics for the sake of simplicity in this specification.

Object of the invention

The aim of the invention is to overcome the shortcomings which the simple musical therapy has over the ear.

Explanation of the essence of the invention

The object of the invention is to achieve the best possible transmission of sound to both the ear and on the body. The acoustic part can be perceived by one or a plurality of good loudspeakers or by a headphone. According to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for efficiently performing the transmission of sound from a speaker through the air to the human body for the vibration member.

This object is achieved by a device for influencing a human body by sound, which includes at least one closed box with at least one sound port in which a speaker is arranged, which is directed in the direction of a part dos called body; wherein between the said box and the body there is a padding and this padding is at the points where the said speakers are designed so that an air passage is ensured, which is characterized in that means for supplying low-frequency signals to the mentioned speakers are available; one or a plurality of external speakers; Means for supplying music to said external loudspeakers and means for influencing low-frequency signals called dip in time with the music or in a predetermined tone function from the music or in a predetermined rhythm.

The mentioned low-frequency signals are in the early stages in the range between 30 and 120 Hz, preferably between 40 and 90 Hz.

The means for supplying said low-frequency signals is a signal generator which can selectively generate sinusoidal signals, pulses or other synthetic signals.

The aforesaid means for supplying music is constituted by a cassette recorder or a compact disc player, and said means for supplying the low-frequency signals is also constituted by said cassette recorder or said cassette recorder or said compact disc player.

Advantageously, an amplifier is connected to said means for feeding, which possibly contains a partial filter.

Advantageously, said box is designed as a resting bench, said loudspeaker box being pivotally connected to a wall and being arranged so that it can be pivoted from a vertical position to a horizontal position.

It may also be expedient that the said piece of furniture is used as an armchair-like piece of furniture. Then it is advantageous if the said loudspeaker boxes are arranged on the bottom side of the leaning surfaces a per se known armchair-like piece of furniture.

As a storage medium is advantageously a tape cassette or compact disk use, wherein at least one of the sound channels of the storage medium contains two low-frequency signals in the range of 30 ... 120Hz, which influences either in time with the music or in a predetermined function to the music or in a predetermined rhythm and the remaining sound channel (s) of the memory mode contain pure music.

Embodiment ·

The invention will now be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings nSher. Show it:

Fig. 1: the device according to the present invention;

Fig. 2: in a partially exploded view don part of the device, which serves to make an impact on the human body at low frequencies;

Fig. 3j a second, a third and a fourth alternative embodiment according to the device, which in the Flg. 5 and 6: and FIG. 4 shows in the form of a block diagram the operating unit, which are summarized in FIGS.

In Fig. 1, a human body 1 is shown, which is placed on a closed box 6, which at least olne sound opening 7 aufuist in de: a speaker 8 is arranged, which is directed against the upper part of the body 1. Between the box β and the body 1, a padding 9 is provided, wherein the part 10, which is located opposite to the speaker 8, has a good air permeability. The upper part 11 of the part 10 of the box \ 6, which in this case has the torr of a mattress base, could for example be made of plywood, the

said sound opening 7 is arranged in the upper part 11. In order to avoid possible damage to the loudspeaker 8, a protective grid 12 can be arranged above the sound opening 7. With the aim of reducing the propagation of the sound to the environment and to avoid an acoustic short circuit, the pad, that is, the box 6, designed as a closed box. The padding 9 may be made of foamed plastic material or of foamed rubber having closed cells. It may also be considered a mattress which is filled with air or with lightweight balls of plastic material. As can be seen, a part 10 which corresponds to the sound opening 7 is provided in the mattress or upholstery 9. The said part 10 may be provided with holes, such as the sound opening 7, or possibly filled with foamed plastic material, which has large open cells and which allows the passage of air. The foamed plastic material should have quite good wearing properties, in particular in that it is supported by said protective grid 12, while at the same time having good air permeability. The person is placed so that the part of the body, which is to be influenced, lies opposite the sound opening 7 and the part 10. The membrane of the loudspeaker 8 is connected to the body 1 by the air, which is located in said sound opening 7 and the part 10. The upholstery itself acts as a seal to make the coupling between the Lautsi ^r echer 8 and the body 1 as efficient as possible. When the loudspeaker 8 is fed with signals of a suitable frequency range and strength, the diaphragm will move, causing the body 1 to move in low frequency.

An audio amplifier 3 having at least two sound channels has at least one output connected to the speaker 8 and at least one second output connected to a speaker 2 for music. The signals for the audio amplifier 3 are supplied from, for example, a tape cassette recorder or a compact disc player 4 and a signal generator 5. The signal generator 5 is designed to generate sinusoidal tones, pulses or other synthetic signals. The tape cassette player or compact disk player 4 is made so that it is possible to provide it with a storage medium such as a tape cassette or a compact disk containing a suitable program material. The storage medium may have two or a plurality of loop channels, of which at least one of the sound channels contains low-frequency signals, preferably in the frequency range 30 ... 120 Hz, which are superimposed by music. However, the remaining sound channel (channel) of the storage medium contains only music. Said storage medium may be designed to provide stereophonic or quadiophonic music. It is therefore to be understood here and in the following description that the signal generator 5 may be formed by one or a plurality of channels of the storage media. The audio amplifier 3 may possibly be provided with a low-pass filter (not shown) for feeding the speaker 8.

It can thus be seen that the loudspeaker 8 is supplied either with a pure low frequency, in the frequency range of 30 ... 120Hz, or that it is modulated as a function of the music forming the output of the loudspeaker 2, or that Sound, which occurs at the speaker 8, low-frequency signals in the range of said frequencies, superimposed with the music, which is also present on the speaker 2. In this case, the signal generator of the audio amplifier 3 is primarily the player 4.

In repeated experiments it has been found that the range of vibration acoustic frequencies in which the propagation of sound in the human body has the greatest effect, objectively measured and determined experimentally, is substantially between 30 and 120 Hz, preferably in the range of 40 ... 90Hz , Particularly good results are achieved within the octave 40 ... 80Hz. Outside the frequency range of 30 ... 120Hz, essentially no influence of the vibrations can be detected.

Therapeutic Wii kung is achieved by the person to be treated in the most appropriate manner and placed as close as possible to the vibrating speaker in the example shown on the speaker 8 and at a comfortable distance from the speaker 2, which emits the music. The therapeutic device consists of the following parts discussed briefly above, namely the vibration parts 6; 7; 8th; 10, which form the transmission device suitable for transmitting the sound in the range of the vibration-acoustic frequencies; the acoustic part in the form of the one or the plurality of high-fidelity wideband loudspeaker boxes 2 or a set of headphones for transmitting mucus adapted to the frequency range used in the vibration part; a multi-channel amplifier which supplies sinusoidal vibrations (vibrations) and filtered music to the vibration part loudspeaker 8 through at least one channel. Through the other channels unfiltered music is sent to the speakers 2, which give off music, the volume of the sound is adjustable in a continuous manner on the corresponding channels; from a multi-channel tape recorder, which is preferably embodied as a conventional two-channel tape recorder 4, where contained on a track of the tape cassette pure music i M, which is intended to be supplied to the speaker 2 for the music. The other track records a special mix of music and low-frequency sound, such as sinusoidal signals. The sinusoidal signals radiate, with the aid of a dual-tone recorder technique, which was originally developed to be used in connection with the therapeutic system, so-called superimposed sinusoidal volitions; and the signal generator 5 which is adapted to be individually adjusted for the therapeutically effective low-frequency vibrations to be supplied to the speaker 8, provided that these are not already supplied from the player 4. It is to be understood that although only one loudspeaker 2 and one loudspeaker 8 are shown here, it is easily recognized in the scope of the present invention that two or a plurality of loudspeakers 2 for music and two or a plurality of loudspeakers 8 can be used for the low frequencies. If two or a plurality of loudspeakers 8 are used, then there is a need for a corresponding number of sound openings 7 or parts 10, respectively.

Of course, if preprocessed pre-recorded software is used and provided by the player 4, the signal generator 5 is not required, but the signal generator 5 is required if one wishes to assemble suitable software and for further possible developments thereof. The signal generator 5 may also be desirable for the purpose of research and for typical medical treatments.

In Fig. 3 it is shown how the box according to the Fig. 1 can be replaced by a different arrangement of the speaker box 14, wherein the speaker 8 'from a vertical position (shown by a dashed line), for example by means of a Hinge 16, in a horizontal position (shown by solid lines)

swung verde ι can. With the aim of ensuring that the loudspeaker box 14 is in the horizontal position, it can be secured by a wire 15, a string or the like fixed at its one end to the wall 17, as well as the hinge 16, and at its other end is attached to an outer part of the speaker box 14. If a person is to be exposed to sound, the person lies down on a bench 13 'of a type known per se, which may be of the same type as the box 6; 9 in the

Fig. 1. The outer loudspeakers 2 'can be arranged, for example, in the bank 13 itself or in another

suitable manner, that is, such that the person 1 receives a good stereophonic impression. After the person has sat down for this purpose on the bank 13, either face up or down, the

Loudspeaker box 14 with the speaker 8 'pivoted down into the horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 3. The Loudspeaker 8 'corresponds in its mode of operation to the loudspeaker 8 on the Fig. 1. In Fig.8 is an Ausführungsvdriante

shown, in which the person sits in an armchair-like piece of furniture 18, which is designed as a closed box, but which has a sound opening for a speaker 8 ", which has the same effect as the

Speaker 8 of FIG. 1 or the speaker 8 'in Fig. 3. In the same manner as in the embodiment of Fig. 1

a viewing opening 7 "is provided on the front side of the loudspeaker 8. A corresponding sound opening T can also be found in FIG.

In the example of FIG. 5, the outer loudspeakers are provided with the reference numeral 2 ", which here in the form of a Headphone are shown. However, it is easy to understand that the external speakers in any suitable Embodiment and / or positioning can be provided without this as a limitation of the extent of Invention can be considered. Bni the example of Fig. 6 is a modification of the embodiment of Fig. 5 is shown. Here is an armchair-like Furniture 19 used, which: in a conventional manner, is executed, that is, from a frame construction, at

which the surfaces for leaning are provided with a padded cover. Here can be one or a variety of,

Loudspeaker boxes are used, which serve the purpose of influencing the body of a person 1. Not with that

limiting example of the present invention, as shown, found two speakers 20; 21 use.

Each of these could possibly consist of two adjacent separate speaker boxes instead of these

to allow a better adaptation to the armchair-like piece of furniture. However, it is important that the

Loudspeaker box are executed in a closed form, to an external sound propagation and an acoustic Short circuit to avoid. The speaker boxes are in a known manner with speakers 22; 23 provided and can

to the frame structure of the armchair-type furniture by means of clips, straps or the like.

As in FIG. 6, the person 1 can use headphones as external speakers. It is also to be understood that the outer loudspeakers 2 'in Fig. 3 could be replaced by headphones. 4 shows in the form of a block diagram the functional structure of the devices of FIGS. 3 and 5,

however, I referred to what is shown in FIG.

In physical examinations performed at an institution for multiple-injured patients,

It has been found that ovarian acoustic treatments have a krairvflöser effect at a frequency of about 40Hz. The anticonvulsant effect was so dominant that it made the patient easier to physiotherapeutic

Manipulation were suitable, or under vibration-acoustic influence. There were control experiments with the opening angle of cramped limbs with and without using music

performed. It was clearly a remarkable difference in the opening angle as a result of being influenced by

Recognize music to the treatment without being influenced by music. It has also been tried to use the device for the following conditions: Rett's syndrome: the "twitching" movements were reduced in frequency, and the patient was even able to experience slackening and slackening

It has been observed that a considerable relaxation effect has been achieved (Rett's syndrome is named after Dr. med. Andreas Rettaus Austria).

Antiemus: Contact-rejecting patients were treated by the W ^! stimulation of vibration to such an extent that they

allow the staff to give more skin contact / skin stimulation than without this influence. One could imagine here the contours of a therapy plan, in which the adaptation to a contact under vibration-acoustic

Influence can be transferred to situations in which the music gradually progressively diminished odsr

may possibly disappear.

Seizures: The effects were the same as described above, with clear antispasmodic Effects in the range of low frequencies. The vibration - acoustic influence was also at the staff of the institution at different states of the Nausea applied. The following observations were made here: Neck / shoulder pain: such pain, either due to muscular rheumatism or as a result of Tension states due to various causes have been greatly facilitated at certain frequencies, in particular

at 68Hz. Repeated treatments, up to 10 treatments of 30 minutes per treatment, proved to provide sufficient relief of longer duration.

Witchcraft: Schmorzen in the lower back areas were facilitated by certain frequencies, in particular around

50Hz. For pain caused by muscle tensions, it was observed that after repeated

Treatments have been achieved for a longer period of time. Menstrual smear: such pain and premenstrual tensions or the like were proved by the Use of a specific frequency, especially 52Hz, as to facilitate treatments, both every day during

In the "awjten" phase, as well as one week in the middle phase, repeated over 2 to 3 periods, proved to be sufficient to achieve an effect for a longer period of time.

Asthma: Vibration acoustical treatments around 50Hz seemed to show an effect with the aim of removing mucus from the Excrete airways. During the experiments with people in a local area, the following observations were made

made:

Depression caused by stress: After the first treatment, which lasted approximately 30 minutes, one became

dramatic positive effect observed. The positive effect is both of the frequency (68Hz) and of the choice of

Music dependent. The successful treatment was stopped after 10 treatments. During the last treatment were

different frequency ranges and an activating music used.

Athletic damage: The treatment gave a good result. Both acute muscular trauma and post-operative Convalescence has responded positively to the episode 40/60/80/60 / 40Hz, with approximately 6 minutes duration per frequency. muscles

and tensioned tendons have been relaxed and tend to be less discomforting than non-auditory acoustic treatment.

Rheumatism: Long-term treatments (20 to 20 treatments) with the frequencies 68 and 86Hz result in a permanent Improvement for patients with rheumatic pain and / or damage due to wear. The treatments were

performed daily or every other day with a duration of 20 minutes.

Spasm condition: In case of spasm in a muscle, a solution of the seizure condition at a frequency of 40 / 60Hz diminished

observed for approximately two minutes.

General discomfort: tuned frequencies and music in an environment that is shielded from the outside world

During a period of 30 minutes, it had a stress-relieving effect and appeared to reverse the person with new vitality.

The observations listed above are purely empirical in nature and are based on Observations made by the therapists together with the descriptors in the subjects of the experiments

during and after the treatments were made.

It is absolutely understandable that the sound box with the padding, which is shown in the drawings, only as a For example, to illustrate the invention without any limitation of the invention, as in

is defined in the claims. For this reason, the device shown can be designated in any suitable form as that which gives the best possible effect on the patient.

In addition to the aforementioned sound storage medium, it should be noted that a beating sinusoidal sound

is generated by taking on the peak of a primary frequency a secondary frequency, which is a

Deviation from 0.2 to 2Hz has. The "beat speed" should be selected and tuned to the quality of the music

which is required to find use in addition to the low frequencies. The percussion program is recorded on one of the two tracks of the storage medium, for example a "linear tape cassette" "sound-on-sound" with the selected, pre-recorded music. On the other track, pure music is recorded. As mentioned above, one could imagine, for example, all four tracks on the tape cassette ourch

Using a sound head adapted to use to verbose the reproduction of the sound (for example

two-channel) and to extend the beat program.

Claims (11)

claims: A device for influencing a human body by sound, comprising at least one closed box with at least one sound opening, in which a loudspeaker is arranged, which is directed in the direction of a part of said body; wherein there is a padding between said box and the body and said padding is made at the locations where said loudspeakers are located so as to ensure an air passage, characterized in that means (4; 5) for supplying low frequency There are signals to said loudspeakers (8; 8 '; 8 "); one or a plurality of external loudspeakers (2; 2';2"); Means (4) for supplying music to said external loudspeakers (2, 2 ', 2 ") and means (3, 4), said low frequency signals either in time with the music or in a predetermined function from the music or to influence in a predetermined rhythm. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that said low-frequency signals are in the range between 30 and 120Hz, preferably 40 to 90Hz. 3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the means for supplying said low-frequency signals is a signal generator (5) which can selectively generate sinusoidal signals, pulses or other synthetic signals. 4. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said means (4) for supplying music by a cassette player or a compact turntable is formed. A device according to claim 1, 2 or 4, characterized in that said means for supplying the low-frequency signals is constituted by said cassette recorder or said compact disc player. 6. Apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that with said means (4 ') for supplying an amplifier (3) is connected, which possibly contains a low-pass filter. 7. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said box (6) is designed as a resting bench. 8. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that said loudspeaker box (14) is pivotally connected to a wall (17) and go is arranged so that it can be pivoted from a vertical position to a horizontal position. 9. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said piece of furniture (18) is designed as armchair-like piece of furniture. 10. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that said loudspeaker boxes (20; 21) are arranged on the bottom side of the leaning surfaces of a per se known armchair-like piece of furniture. 11. The device according to claim 1 to 10, characterized in that a tape cassette or compact disk is used as a storage medium, woboi at least one of the sound channels of the storage medium contains two low-frequency signals in the range of 30 ... 120Hz, which either in time with the music or in a predetermined function to the music or in a predetermined rhythm, and that the remaining sound channel (s) of the storage medium contain pure music.