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The Sound Oasis Sleep Bear delivers advanced sound therapy for superior calming of infants and young children! Featuring several industry firsts:
6 hospital and baby tested sounds,
- Superior sound quality
- 4 position timer with gentle off, patented sleep enhancement technology
- Doctor endorsed sounds.
Hospital Tested, Baby Proven, Doctor Endorsed!
"White noise imitates your baby's experience inside the womb and switches on his/her calming reflex."
Harvey Karp, M.D.,
Acclaimed Best Selling Author of The Happiest Baby on the Block
Dr. Fred Schwartz is an
acclaimed expert on the use
of music to reduce stress in
premature babies, in the
operating room and with
hospital patients. Dr. Schwartz
has pioneered the development
of hospital-wide music systems
and was the medical spokesman
for Governor Zell Miller in
bringing music to all newborns in Georgia.
Dr. Schwartz has appeared on CNN Headline News,
NBC News, National Public Radio, BBC and quoted in
Prevention and Good Housekeeping.
Steven Halpern, Ph.D., is the
world's leading composer and
recording artist of music for
relaxation, wellness and "sound
health". For over 30 years, he
has pioneered and promoted
the healing powers of music
through his recordings, books,
media appearances and
workshops. Dr. Halpern's music has been heard on
CBS's 48 hours, ABC's 20/20, Oprah, and John
Bradshaw's PBS TV series, Homecoming and Creating.
The Sound Oasis Sleep Bear is an ideal gift that will be enjoyed for many years.
Product Features:
- 6 clinic and customer/baby tested sounds (vs. 1 with
most competitive units): WHITE NOISE, INTRAUTERINE (WOMB), LULLABY,
OCEAN, CAR RIDE and HEARTBEAT.
- Doctor endorsed
sounds: intrauterine sound from acclaimed Dr. Fred Schwartz and a
lullaby from the acclaimed music therapy musician Dr. Steven Halpern.
- Unsurpassed sound quality.
- Adorable bear designed by renown UK teddy bear designer.
- Removable battery powered sound pack.
- Remarkably soft, machine washable bear (non-allergenic).
- 4 position gentle off timer (30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes and continuous) with "push" on/off.
- Patented Sleep Enhancement® feature slows sound playback to create lulling effect
- Includes straps for fastening to crib, stroller, etc.
The Doctors Behind Sound Oasis
Dr. Lee R. Bartel, Ph.D
Dr. Bartel is a Professor of Music at the University of Toronto and Director of the Canadian Music Education Research Centre. With extensive experience as a music teacher at the elementary and high school levels and as a performing choral conductor, singer, violinist, and guitarist, he has taught at college and university levels since 1975. In the mid 1980's he began research on people's response to music with special focus on emotional and intellectual response and social psychological connections. His involvement in research in music and medicine began in the early 90's at Bloorview Kid's Rehab with rehabilitation of attention deficits resulting from head injuries.
He also conducted stress studies with the Centre for Health Promotion at U of T and has supervised doctoral and post-doctoral research in music therapy at Lyndhurst Hospital and Baycrest Hospital.
Dr. Bartel has served on the Accreditation Review Board for the Canadian Association of Music Therapy. He is currently involved in research in multi-sensory response at the University of South Florida and is directing several studies examining EEG response to music at the S.O.N.I.C. Brain Lab at the University of Toronto. He is now also actively involved at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto in music response research with cochlear implant recipients.
Drawing on his wealth of research background and scientific rigor, Dr. Bartel is the scientific designer of the internationally best-selling Music for Your Health series of recordings on the Solitudes label as well as the SonicAid series with Somerset Entertainment. Among the 20 therapy recordings Dr. Bartel has designed are a number of gold and platinum albums and Juno Award nominations. He is the author or senior editor of 16 books and technical research reports, author of chapters in 11 books, author of 64 refereed academic papers and publications, and well over a 100 other professional publications and presentations.
For an optimal sleep environment, we also recommend Bucky Sleep Masks, Flents ear plugs and Blackout Blinds, along with our other products.