Research: Effects of Vibroacoustic Music on Challenging Behaviors in Individuals with Autism and Developmental Disabilities

Music therapy may reduce problem behavior in people with autism.

This study was performed in order to see if vibroacoustic music therapy reduced problem behavior in adults with autism. The authors note that patients who received the music therapy did not hurt themselves as much (self-injurious behavior). The patients injured themselves less and less after many sessions of music therapy. The assistants noted that the patients seemed to feel more and more secure as they spent time with the sound of the musics. The authors do not know how the music therapy was able to change the behaviors of the patients with autism.