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Exploring the healing power of sound

Low-frequency Sound & Health: How deep, resonant sound affects the body, including studies on pain management, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

Music Psychotherapy: How music helps people process emotion, recover from trauma and move toward greater well-being, including the group analytic music therapy model.

Music and Medicine: A new direction exploring how specific musical elements may influence the way the body metabolizes certain medications.

Low-frequency Sound in the built environment
An emerging area of inquiry — low-frequency sound produced by modern infrastructure, such as data centers, cooling systems and the electrical grid,

Researching Sound’s Influence

Dr. Heidi Ahonen leads research into how low-frequency sound shapes human health, built environments, and community life.

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Low Frequency Vibrations, the Brain, and Neurodegenerative Disease

Research at Resonance Research Institute examines how low-frequency vibrations may interact with the body and brain, with particular attention to neurological processes potentially associated with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, supporting informed collaboration across scientific disciplines.

Interdisciplinary Research in Sound, Health, and Infrastructure

We connect acoustics, neuroscience, health sciences, engineering, and environmental analysis through evidence-based investigation.

Acoustic Measurement and Analysis

Neuroscience and Health Research

Engineering and Built Environments

Environmental Evidence and Collaboration

Research Team

Meet Dr. Ahonen and future collaborators advancing rigorous research across science, medicine, engineering, and environmental design.

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Dr. Heidi Ahonen

Principal Researcher.

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Neuroscience Collaborator.

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Acoustical Engineer.

RESONANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Sound, Health, and the Built Environment